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THE MOVING IMAGE: A history of video in ELT

THE MOVING IMAGE: A history of video in ELT. Ben Goldstein. ‘ Video is a supercharged medium of communication and a powerful vehicle of information. It is packed with messages, images and ambiguities ’. 1 For comprehension of spoken language 2 As a language model 3 For its own sake

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THE MOVING IMAGE: A history of video in ELT

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  1. THE MOVING IMAGE:A history of video in ELT Ben Goldstein

  2. ‘Video is a supercharged medium of communication and a powerful vehicle of information. It is packed with messages, images and ambiguities’

  3. 1 For comprehension of spoken language 2 As a language model 3 For its own sake 4 For cultural input 5 As a stimulus for extended debate, discussion or narration 6 As a means of instruction in itself Uses for the moving image

  4. Targetted language at sentence level Functional language contexts, formulaic dialogues Sketches: sitcom or mini-drama Film adaptations of readers Episodic videos (late 70s…)

  5. Task types & focus

  6. Vision on / sound off, & vice versa Working with script / subtitles / translation Split viewing Freeze framing … always an information gap “Active Viewing” (CLT 90s)

  7. Authentic or inauthentic? Scriptedor unscripted? With Subtitles or without ? How short? Big questions...

  8. Openings & Endings Meetings / Phone conversations Flashbacks / Dream sequences Trailers / Ads Voiceovers Tasks: Cinema

  9. Semi-scripted vox-pops International “real-world”contexts/ language. More non-fiction, news clips, etc. Tie-ins with media companies: BBC, Reuters, National Geographic, etc. VHS, DVD, Vodcasts – Integrated or add-on? Online video: streamable or downloadable or both? Video in Coursbeooks

  10. GRADE THE TASK NOT THE TEXT

  11. http://www.hippasus.com/rrpweblog/archives/2013/01/30/TechnologyInEducationFourKeyComponents.pdfhttp://www.hippasus.com/rrpweblog/archives/2013/01/30/TechnologyInEducationFourKeyComponents.pdf

  12. A springboard for debate and discussion, intercultural awareness, critical thinking… Students’ uploading their own videos New genres emerging (mash-ups, visual poems, how-tos, virals, ads etc. ) New sources for video classes… New tools for video exploitation New literacies emerging… Impact on us?

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