Half a million secrets: ESL/EFL Lesson Plan and Worksheet. 10 Speaking English Activities using TED.com. Many English Language teachers, when deciding to work with a video clip in their classrooms, make a false assumption that for an activity to be considered as really teaching, then prior to showing it, they'd better sit down for a few hours, prepare an extensive worksheet filled with vocabulary and grammar questions and what-not...in order to turn it into a good pedagogical exercise, you know to ensure it's really not just glorified babysitting. ;-) Personally, I don't agree and I really don't think that extensive worksheets provide a particularly authentic experience - such a thing mainly just erodes the power of the message within the video, takes away the inherent pleasure in learning from TED speakers.
Here are a few simple activities you can do with the video clip you're about to show/ are showing/ have shown to your students without designing a full worksheet : 1. Prediction: what's the video going to be about? Hans Rosling: The magic washing machine. Let my dataset change your mindset: Hans Rosling is our 500th TEDTalk. Global Issues Hans Rosling shatters the myth of “developed” versus “developing” nations Hans Rosling has given nine TED Talks, each sharing a carefully measured dataset to change misconceptions about global issues.
Now, the Gates Foundation shares a new demonstration from Rosling. Here, using powerful moving charts, Rosling shatters the fallacy of the “developed” world versus the “developing” world. By looking at the facts, we are able to […] Matt Cutts: Try something new for 30 days. TED: Ideas worth spreading.