Today's Website~
● TED Ideas Worth Spreading
"Jay Walker on the world's English mania"
What is it about?
● This website provides loads of videos with English subtitles.
Why is the content good for language learning?
How might you use it in a language teaching context?
● Take this video "Jay Walker on the world's English mania" for example.
● First, have students shares their ideas about English learning experience,
how they learn English, and why they learn English.
● Then, students watch the video without sound, take notes and guess the main
idea of the speech.
● Students share what they guess in group, and talk about the main idea the
speaker might talk about.
● Write down some questions, e.g. how many people around the world are
learning English? and have students watch the whole video with subtitles.
● Compare the main ideas with each other and have students to work out
in groups to answer the questions.
● TED Ideas Worth Spreading
"Jay Walker on the world's English mania"
What is it about?
● This website provides loads of videos with English subtitles.
● The videos provides speech of successful people sharing their ideas.
● The themes range from technology,entertainment, business, design, science
to global issues.
● The themes range from technology,entertainment, business, design, science
to global issues.
Why is the content good for language learning?
● Visual and audio aids help to infer what the speaker would like to express.
● The speech is concise, condense and to the point.
● The ideas are inspiring, encouraging and motivating.
● The ideas are inspiring, encouraging and motivating.
● The subtitles assist learners to understand the meaning.
● Students can learn how to make a good presentation in English.
● Students can learn how to make a good presentation in English.
How might you use it in a language teaching context?
● Take this video "Jay Walker on the world's English mania" for example.
● First, have students shares their ideas about English learning experience,
how they learn English, and why they learn English.
● Then, students watch the video without sound, take notes and guess the main
idea of the speech.
● Students share what they guess in group, and talk about the main idea the
speaker might talk about.
● Write down some questions, e.g. how many people around the world are
learning English? and have students watch the whole video with subtitles.
● Compare the main ideas with each other and have students to work out
in groups to answer the questions.
● Once students answer the question, have them listen to the answer in the
speech (the teacher has to know which track has the answer). They could
listen one more time.
speech (the teacher has to know which track has the answer). They could
listen one more time.
● Ask the students if there are any words, phrases, or sentences they feel
confusing.
● Pick some difficult sentences, or good ones, and have students work in
group to figure out the meaning or translate into Chinese (mother tongue).
● Have students write down their ideas about English mania (no more than
100 words) as homework.
● Provide the link and encourage students to watch the video again at home.
confusing.
● Pick some difficult sentences, or good ones, and have students work in
group to figure out the meaning or translate into Chinese (mother tongue).
● Have students write down their ideas about English mania (no more than
100 words) as homework.
● Provide the link and encourage students to watch the video again at home.
Limitations~
● The videos are for high-proficiency students. Students of low-level may have
difficulty understanding the speech.
● It may take teachers lots of time searching for a speech which is related to
the topic of the curriculum.
difficulty understanding the speech.
● It may take teachers lots of time searching for a speech which is related to
the topic of the curriculum.
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