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Kim Jong Jordan
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 Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:36 pm Post subject: Classroom uses of DVDs (movies) |
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| I'm doing a summer camp for my high school which I have to plan out and I want to make it more lively than the one hour class i have with them once a week (I'll have a group of students for 4 hours a day, 5 days a week). I figure that using dvds (i.e.) watching a movie, would kill some of the boredom for them but I would somehow need to make it "educational." So I was wondering if any of you have experience using them in the classroom as a listening activity or something. All that I can come up with off the top of my head is to have them watch the movie and then answer some questions on a hand-out, but that doesn't seem very effective. Any suggestions? Bear in mind that they are beginner to intermediate level. Thanks a lot! |
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Hotpants
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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Some tips here:
http://www.eslnotes.com/
I'm sure the movie topic has been covered a few times - check the search function on this board. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:10 pm Post subject: Re: Classroom uses of DVDs (movies) |
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| Kim Jong Jordan wrote: |
| I'm doing a summer camp for my high school which I have to plan out and I want to make it more lively than the one hour class i have with them once a week (I'll have a group of students for 4 hours a day, 5 days a week). I figure that using dvds (i.e.) watching a movie, would kill some of the boredom for them but I would somehow need to make it "educational." So I was wondering if any of you have experience using them in the classroom as a listening activity or something. All that I can come up with off the top of my head is to have them watch the movie and then answer some questions on a hand-out, but that doesn't seem very effective. Any suggestions? Bear in mind that they are beginner to intermediate level. Thanks a lot! |
In order to kill the boredom I have decided to do our camp on a number of daily themes. These are LOW budget but fun and have enough variety to keep even the most bored high schoolers busy for a few hours.
If you have 2 camps - 1 each week with different students then you can recycle materials and themes.
Day 1 - Magic day. Put them into small groups and get them to learn some simple magic tricks AND the DIALOGUE that goes with it.
For the last hour of the day we will have a magic show.
Day 2 - Simple first aid classes. Learn the basics of first aid. Do this as a hands on activity rather than just lectures. It will easily take 4 hours.
Day 3 - Have a science day. Make rockets out of 600ml soda bottles or juice bottles. Give small prizes for best designs and best flights. Power them with vinegar and baking soda. Do other science projects and tie the project to the language.
Day 4 - Circus day. Create carnival style games of chance and have them compete. Use language activities to "earn" tickets to play.
Day 5 - Campfire - fun day - do your video here just for fun. Then do some skits around a makeshift campfire. Play with the day and have fun.
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SuperHero
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| Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 1:54 am Post subject: |
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| This week I taught a three hour lesson using only 14 minutes of a TV show. |
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Son Deureo!
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| Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 5:13 am Post subject: |
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| How? What kinds of activities did you do? |
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Kim Jong Jordan
Joined: 13 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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| SuperHero wrote: |
| This week I taught a three hour lesson using only 14 minutes of a TV show. |
Right on brother, care to elaborate......? |
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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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| I've had kids watch a scene from a movie and then write up a page describing what happened, using the simple past tense. |
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SeniorEnglish
Joined: 18 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:28 pm Post subject: Reading practice |
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| For reading practice, I put the language on Thai and use English subtitles. Some of the kids think it's interesting. Great practice for higher level elem. students. |
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SuperHero
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:09 am Post subject: |
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| Kim Jong Jordan wrote: |
| SuperHero wrote: |
| This week I taught a three hour lesson using only 14 minutes of a TV show. |
Right on brother, care to elaborate......? |
watching different clips of 30 to 120 seconds in length with topical introductory questions, cloze exercises discussion questions, summarizing, evaluating, pronunciation, as well as vocabulary exercises. The total length of the class was actually three 50 minute periods in a row. |
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cwemory
Joined: 14 Jan 2006
Location: Gunpo, Korea
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:55 am Post subject: |
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| Hotpants wrote: |
Some tips here:
http://www.eslnotes.com/
I'm sure the movie topic has been covered a few times - check the search function on this board. |
Can not recommend that sight enough. Used it at a summer camp several years back. It was one of the easiest, most productive classes I ever taught. Print out the guides, give them to the students, play 5-10 minutes of the film at a time, and the class will pretty much teach itself. |
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