integrated skills lessons

1: START WITH THE VISUAL

> Select a short video extract; give a very easy, authentic task for first watching.
Because teachers and students need to be aware of the importance of context.

But let's experiment: START WITH THE SOUND.
This is in Arabic: Don't look at the video; only listen and guess what it's about:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/anansi-and-turtle-arabic/5750.html

2: COMPREHENSION

> Set relevant language focus tasks, e.g:  My Worst Week tasks from the previous post:

http://jayjaydoubleyoudoubleyou.blogspot.com/2012/02/activities-to-support-comprehension-of_19.html

3: SCAFFOLDING

> Design a scaffolded speaking task related to the video:

a) A video about Second Life: design your own avatar:
http://secondlife.com/
Or a website about furniture: design your own wardrobe/room:
http://www.stegbar.com.au/services/resource_centre/wardrobe_designer/
http://www.girlsgogames.com/game/design-you-own-room.html
http://www.gamesgames.com/game/My-New-Room.html
Or a video on how to 'Make your own home made board game for 99 cents':

b) Any favourite video moment: Sts describe a favourite film/TV moment:

c) A video about Google: Sts present a money-making idea.



Or a video about team building: Ss come up with their own idea.

> Design a writing task related to the video:

Watch a short indie film and comment on it:



http://onceaweekfilmfest.blogspot.com/

a) Sts write an online profile;
b) Sts write a forum entry describing their favourite film or tv scene; 

c) Sts outline their money-making idea for a website competition. 

From notes provided by Frances Eales, author of Speak Out! (Pearson):

'Using Videos and Podcasts - The Real World in the Classroom'

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