Collections & Campaigns. Albino Blacksheep. Sign Up for EFL CLASSROOM 2.0. Online converter - convert video, images, audio and documents for free. EnglishCentral. 50 ways to use video in the classroom. I will be travelling quite a bit this year to conferences and schools, speaking about a lifelong teaching passion - the use of video as an educational material.
It is something I've promoted and developed many language learning ideas around - foremost through my work on EnglishCentral. So enjoy these practical ideas for using this most "real" material with your students, Each idea has a recommended example - just click "View It". Also get this as a lecture presentation with examples HERE. Get all the 50 lists HERE. 50 Ways To Use Video In The Classroom What Gutenberg did for writing, online video can do for face-to-face communication.” — Chris Anderson, TED Video is in the ascendency and in just 5 or so short years after Youtube launched, the video learning and teaching revolution is upon us. Here are some of the best ways to use video in your teaching. 1. View it. Lessonstream.org by Jamie Keddie Home - Lessonstream.org.
Film Study Lesson Plans. |Film as Genre| | Movies by Title | Analyzing Motion Pictures This 1-page teacher guide offers questions for students who are analyzing movies.
From the U. S. Library of Congress, requires Adobe Reader for access. Camera Angles How are a three-shot, a canted angle shot, and a dolly shot different from one another? City of Cranes This lesson in perspective includes both activities and the 14-minute video City of Cranes , available to watch online. Film Canon Project A list of titles appropriate for the classroom, organized by grade level, by type, and by release date. Film in the Classroom Resources, and more. How to Close Read the Language of Film Suggestions for how to teach this skill.
Movie Speeches This archive from the American Rhetoric collection includes a variety of clips and scripts organized alphabetically by title of movie. TeacherTube - Educational Videos and Free Kids Videos. Short of the Week - The Best Short Films. Film English - Short videos lesson plans - Kieran Donaghy.
Movie Segments to Assess Grammar Goals. MOVIES. Videos. Very Funny Ads. I love using adverts in my teaching.
If you ignore the fact that they’re trying to flog you something and focus on their narrative structure, they can provide you with an endless supply of mini-stories for “retelling” activities. The best ads are those with unexpected or amusing twists at the end. Here’s a beautifully simple example to get you in the mood. Go to www.veryfunnyads.com and select about 8 adverts you think are suitable for retelling. veryfunnyads To save you a bit of time here are a few that have worked well for me: Once in class, put your students in pairs (Student A | Student B).Ask Student B to cover their eyes or look out of the window while you show Student A the first advert.Ask Student B to explain to their partner what they think happens in the advert based on what they have heard (possible language focus: it sounded like … / it sounded as if ...)Now, get Student A to explain to B what actually happens.
Like this: Like Loading... Related. English Video Lessons: Winning Strategies for the ESL Class. The Ghostly Shed. The Seven Best Film and Video Resource Sites - Kieran Donaghy. As part of the launch of the website I’m organising a prize draw for my new book Film in Action.
Everybody who subscribes to the website in February and March will be entered into the draw. This is the first in a series of posts in which I will look at what I think are some of the best websites, resources, books, short films, and videos for English language teachers and their students. All of the posts will be titled ‘The Seven Best …‘ There is now a wealth of online video and film resources for both language teachers and their students. Here I’m going to recommend the seven sites that I have found most useful and engaging. Sites for students Learn English Teens Film UK A British Council website which gives learners the opportunity to watch amazing films made by young people, and do a variety of activities designed around the films. Simple English Videos Speechyard Sites for teachers Viral ELT – All at C Lessonstream.