Using an English Language Teaching Videotape


    How to use Video in Classroom ?
    There are many advantage of using video in classroom, such as: Students can listen and see orinal speech and it the same
     time they can see the positions of the lips, teeth and tongue, things that help a lot the listen comprehension..

    This is a plan to  how to use video, but there other ways to plan it.(from Forum English Teaching Magazine/1983)
    I - Introduction
    II - Predictions exercise
            a - Ask questions
            b - Show the video
            c - Discuss questions
    III - Subsequent exercises
           1 - Comprehension questions
                 a - General
                 b - Specific
                 c - Implication
           2 - Grammatical structures
                 1 - Drill
                    a - Mechanical
                    b - Transformation
                    c - Communicative
           3 - Dialogues
              a - Pair work
              b - Group work
              c - Vocabulary exercises
              d - Note-taking exercises
      IV - Follow-up exercises
           a - Discussions on cultural content
           b - Roleplays
           c - Audiotape exercises
           d - Reading exercises
           e - Writing exercises

   The appetizers
   Well , as I tall you before you can use othe techniques, such as:

                                             Some of the possibles are:

                                       1 - Visual only, no audio, no subtitles
                                       2 - Audio only, no visual, no subtitles
                                       3 - Audio and visual only, no subtitles
                                       4 - Visual and subtitles only, no audio
 But they can also   do like this:

1 - Straight through, no interruptions
2 - Pausing after each target sentence
 

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