So far I have three ideas for the final video project. My target audiance will be an ESL classroom--the proficiency level is yet to be determined. The first idea is recording a few short speeches (those with "good" and "bad" traits) and having students both make outlines of the given speeches by noting what the intro, transitions, main points, and conclusions were and then talking about strengths and weaknesses of the speeches. This idea would be good for a higher English proficiency group and would help to prepare students for giving their own speeches--which they will likely do if they continue on an enter the university.
My second idea is doing a jigsaw video were I show one half of the class the video without sound and the other half only get the audio without the picture. Then the students would be paired with someone who had heard/seen the opposite version and would be asked to reconstruct the scene. The video could be a scene that encouraged the use of certain vocabulary, such as cooking terms for a video that takes place in the kitchen. Also, students would have to negotiate meaning to reconstruct the scene--and much of the research has shown that jigsaw activities with such negotiation are beneficial to language acquisition.
Finally, a third idea is taping two couples (seperately) who are discussing something from different points of view. For example, one couple is speaking about the benefits of traveling abroad, and the other is speaking about why they would rather travel in the U.S. The students would be asked to find areas of agreement and disagreement between the two discussions and would then be divided into two groups to continue the debate/ discussion in class. This would also include target vocabulary (so it would have to be a discussion related to something being taught in class) and would encourage meaning negotiation as the students participated in the debate. It would also encourage comparing and contrasting skills which are important in academia.
Please feel free to give suggestions and/or specific ideas of topics for the second and third ideas :-)
3 comments:
Interesting ideas. I'll be anxious to see which one you end up choosing.
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Very intereting idea about a jigsaw video!!! The task of reconstructing the scences will activate their sensory and auditory perception, as well as analytical skills.
i totally agree with your comment on my post. i didn't even think about having students just work on editing/piecing together clips that are already out there (like we did in class... duh)!
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