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USING ONLINE VIDEO NEWS
CLIPS TO IMPROVE LISTENING &
SPEAKINGBrazilian English Teachers Program
The Language Connection of St. John’s University
Presenter: Sue Peterson
WORK WITH A PARTNER.DISCUSS THE QUESTION.WRITE DOWN YOUR ANSWERS.
1. What were the 5 most important news stories of the past year?
2. How do you teach news stories?
3. Have you ever used news clips in your teaching? If yes, how?
4. How do you deal with the vocabulary in news stories?
TODAY’S PRESENTATION
Using News Stories
Research
Problems with Teaching the News
Solution
Activity for Teaching News Stories
Questions & Answers
WHY USE NEWS STORIES?• Provide current information
• Contain rich content and cultural information
• Allow for students to practice all language skills
PROBLEMS USING THE NEWS Fluency – not having the words
Background knowledge
CHALLENGE VOCABULARY ACQUISITION Words, words, words…
VOCABULARY ACQUISITION
•Need repeated contact with new vocabulary for retentionContact Contact Contact Contact Contact
•Need recycling of the words
words
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VOCABULARY ACQUISITION
Need time to digest the words
BEST WAYS TO TEACH VOCABULARYN. Schmitt (2008)
• Engagement with vocabulary
• Explicit teaching
• Incidental learning
VOCABULARY – THE 3 R’S Repeated contact
Recycling
Retention
CHALLENGE - BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE• Processing new information
• Identifying organizational pattern
• Synthesizing information
• Thinking critically
ONLINE VIDEO NEWS CLIPS Episodic stories have a beginning,
middle, and end…
Episodic stories give students time to let the content “sink in”
Episodic news provides repeated exposure to key vocabulary and expressions
A WEBSITE EVERY TEACHER SHOULD KNOW ABOUT…
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews
• Support Materials for Teachers & Students
• Click and Play Videos
• Printables
• Easy Prep
• 3 R’s
MATERIALS CNN Student News (
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/)
Handout 1 - Printable transcript (http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/)
Handout 2 - Printable questions (http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/)
CREATING ACTIVITIES FOR ONLINE VIDEO CLIPS - PREPARATION
View video news clip
Extract key vocabulary and create vocabulary chartPrint and underline comprehension questions
Item 1- Gun Control
Item 2 – Sugar Item 3 – Universal Flu Vaccine
Item 4 – Sports Attendance
Item 5 – Lance Armstrong
Task force – group of people who try to solve a problem
Get the ball rolling – begin something
Background check- security check of past history of a person
To bear arms- to own a gun
Heat up-a topic or subject becomes causes debate
Obesity – a condition in which excess weight and fat are unhealthy
To blame- to hold responsible for something; to cause something to happen
Point the finger- blame
Put out – place
Point out – emphasize, make noticeable
Pandemic-everywhere, widespread
Keep up – maintain the same level; not get behind
To nail it – to do something very well, succeed
Combat – fight
Blow up – make larger
Strain – a type or variety of
Boost – increase
Buck – a deer
Buck – a dollar
Buy one-get one free – if you buy one item, another item that is the same is free
Money back guarantee – if you are not satisfied with a product, you will receive a refund
Harsh – severe
Teach a lesson – learn from an experience in which a person does something wrong
To forgive – to excuse someone for doing something wrong
Steroids or Performance Enhancing Drugs– a drug that increases physical abilityA shame – unfortunateTo lie – to not tell the truthEnd up – the end or final resultLook up to - admire
Sample Vocabulary Chart
PRE-VIEWING ACTIVITIES
CREATING ACTIVITIES FOR ONLINE VIDEO CLIPS – PRE-VIEWING
Present vocabulary chart to students
Give brief synopsis of each news item
Students read underlined questions
Students view News Clip and take notes
POST-VIEWINGComprehension Check
POST-VIEWING – COMPREHENSION CHECK
Students use notes to answer underlined questions. Then, with a partner, have them compare their answers.
Ask students what vocabulary from the board they heard in the video clip.
Ask students to choose one news item and use key vocabulary, to retell the story to their partner.
Ask various students to retell or summarize each news item
POST-VIEWING - DISCUSSION
POST-VIEWING - DISCUSSION Students answer the remaining
discussion questions on the handout (the questions that are not underlined).
The questions that are not underlined ask students to evaluate or give their opinion about the news topics.
Encourage students to use the vocabulary from the chart to express their opinions.
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Thank you for attending this workshop. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.Sue [email protected]