| Websites like YouTube have given us the capability of | | | | Introduction - let the student know that you are going |
| quickly and easily embedding videos into our own sites, | | | | to watch a short scene from a popular movie to learn |
| blogs and through links. A great way to make teaching | | | | natural spoken English, and to improve listening and |
| English online more creative, is to use this resource | | | | understanding. Ask the student if they know anything |
| with students of any level as an online teaching tool. | | | | about the movie by giving them the title and the genre. |
| There are lots of different ways to deliver an online | | | | Introduce the key words and phrases you have |
| lesson using video including the one I will discuss below. | | | | selected and ask the student to say them. Discuss the |
| Step 1 Using YouTube | | | | meanings. |
| 1.Select an English speaking movie and search for a | | | | 1. Ask the student to go to the video you have |
| short scene of approximately 2 - 8 minutes | | | | selected by clicking on the link you have supplied |
| (elementary level learners can usually cope with | | | | 2. Ask the student to turn the sound down and watch |
| around 2 minutes of dialogue and advanced learners | | | | the movie scene in silence |
| can cope with 8 minutes or more). | | | | 3. Ask the student what they think the main idea is in |
| 2. Watch the movie and either transcribe the scene by | | | | the scene. Ask them your 5 W and H questions. |
| listening and writing down the dialogue or simply google | | | | 4. Now ask the student to turn up the sound, but only |
| the movie to see if you can locate the script and find | | | | listen to the dialogue and minimise the screen so they |
| the correct scene that you are wishing to use | | | | cannot see the images (this will be the difficult part for |
| 3. Copy the URL or embedding code from the scene | | | | most learners as the speed is usually much faster than |
| and paste into your blog, lesson plan or website | | | | they are used to and the language may be quite |
| Step 2 Preparing the Lesson | | | | colloquial and conversational. |
| 1. On the transcript, underline key words and phrases | | | | 5. Now ask them to re-watch the scene with images |
| as you will use these for the vocabulary part of the | | | | and dialogue. |
| lesson | | | | 6. Ask them the 5 W and H questions again. |
| 2. Make notes on the main idea, useful and key | | | | 7. Get them to practice saying the useful phrases. |
| phrases and develop who, what, where, why, when, | | | | 8. Ask them the opinion question. |
| how questions. | | | | 9. Get them to discuss their favourite movie with you. |
| 3. Develop a question that requires the student to give | | | | Encourage the student to watch the entire movie |
| their opinion about the movie. They should be able to | | | | (subtitled in their own language for lower level learners) |
| say I liked the movie because..... or I disliked the movie | | | | or the scene you used in their own time as homework. |
| because....... My favourite part was when..., My least | | | | They can do this each day until you have another |
| favourite part was when.... | | | | lesson with them. |
| Step 3 Delivering the lesson | | | | |