Week 2 Lecture 3 ICT in ELT 1

VideoWeek 2 Lecture 1

Video in ELT

Week 2 Lecture 3 ICT in ELT 2

Get into groups and discuss the following questions

Why is video useful in language teaching?What has changed with the introduction of

the internet?What places do you know where you can find

good video?

Why use Video in a language classroom?

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Not much clear or definitive proof about the power of video however…

Some studies have shown that video against non video improved listening comprehension. (1)

( first experiment more interesting) Some studies have show that video made listening

easier to understand and more interesting. Held attention of the students.(2)

Studies have show benefits to paralinguistic clues (3) Bring in additional schemata, infer, predict (4) Stimulus (4) Culture (4) Context especially in ESP (5) Lower anxiety (5)

What the research says?

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Who should choose the video? How much should be played? What should video replace in the class? How many times should the video be

played? What should the relationship be between

the auditory and visual components?(4)..for further thoughts

Other considerations

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(1) http://www.jstor.org/stable/330049(2)Baltova, I." Impact of video on the

comprehension skills of core French students" Canadian Modern Language Review, 50, 3 (1994): 506-531.

(3) Canning-Wilson, C., Research in Visuals, Invited Paper for the Video Special Interest Group at the International TESOL Arabia 2000 Conference, Hilton Ballroom, Hilton Hotel, April 12-14, 2000.

(4) http://iteslj.org/Articles/Canning-Video.html(5) Arthur, P. "Why use video? A teacher's

perspective", VSELT 2:4 (1999): 4.

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