Video
    ACTIVITIES

The use of video in the class can be an exciting and effective way to learn and practice English. As a medium, video both motivates and entertains learners. 

Our video program is a unique resource that does the following:

1. Depicts dynamic, natural contexts for language use.

2. Uses engaging story lines to present authentic language as well as cultural information about speakers of English.

3. You will use visual information to enhance comprehension.

4. Focuses on the important cultural dimension of learning a language by actually showing how speakers or the language live and behave.

5. Allows you to observe the gestures, facial expressions, and other aspects of body language that accomplish speech.

You can expand your cultural awareness, develop skills and strategies for communicating effectively, and learn to use language creatively.

CONTENTS

01 VOCABULARY Brunch (4min)

02 VOCABULARY What do you see? (3min)

03 LISTENING 🎧Get the picture (5min)

04 WATCH FOR DETAILS (4min)

05 SPEAKING What's your opinion? (5min)

06 ACTIVITY Plan a menu (8min)

07 LISTENING What did they say? (5min)

08 GRAMMAR & SPEAKING Talking about eating habits. (12min)

🎥VIDEO At the diner 💿

Video activities are structured in four sections: PREVIEW, WATCH THE VIDEO, FOLLOW UP, and LANGUAGE CLOSE-UP.

1 PREVIEW

Vocabulary - These activities introduce and practice the essential vocabulary of the videos through a variety of interesting tasks.

1. Introduce and model the pronunciation of the words in the activity.

2. Provide opportunities for learners to complete the task in pairs or individually.

3. Provide opportunities for learners to compare answers with a peer or around the class.

4. Provide opportunities to check answers.

5. Encourage learners to supply additional related vocabulary items where  appropriate.

Guess the fact / What do you see? - These activities allow learners to make predictions about characters and their actions by watching part of the video, by watching all of the video with the sound off, or by looking at the photos in the worksheets. These schema-building activities improve the learner's comprehension when they watch the full video with sound.

2 WATCH THE VIDEO

Get the picture. - These initial viewing activities help you gain a global understanding of the videos by focusing on gist (the essence). Activity types vary from lesson to lesson, but typically involve watching for key information needed to complete a chart, answer questions, or arrange events in sequential order.

Watch for details. - Focus on more detailed meaning by watching and listening for specific information to complete the tasks.

What’s your opinion? - Make inferences about the characters’ actions, feelings, and motivations, or state their own opinions about topics in the video.

3 FOLLOW-UP

Role play, interview, and other expansion activities. - This section includes communicative activities based on the videos in which you extend and personalize what you have learned. Encourage yourself to use new language to talk about yourself and your ideas as you complete the tasks.

4 LANGUAGE CLOSE-UP

What did they say? - These cloze activities develop bottom-up listening skills by having you focus on the specific language in the videos and then fill in missing words.

Grammar and function activities  - In these activities, which are titled to reflect the structural and functional focus of a particular lesson, you can practice the grammatical structures and functions presented in the videos. These activities vary from lesson to lesson.

Information gap - Predict what will happen next.

Act it out - Role plays and drama activities.

Slow viewing - Play a video in slow motion. Call out of the things people are doing, wearing, or eating - Whatever is appropriate to a particular lesson or topic.

What are they saying ? - Watch a short segment of a video in which two people are talking, but without sound. Then predict what the people might be saying to each other. You can write out sample dialogs and share with the class.

Freeze-frame - Freeze a frame of a video and call out information about the scene: the objects you can see, what the people are doing, the time and place - whatever is appropriate to the scene or the learning context.