Today's Website~
● Slideshare
What is it about?
● Slideshare is a useful website in which you can share your ideas, presentations and
videos with wide audience. You can also find a variety of ideas shared by other people
and have a connection with them.
Why is the content good for language learning?
How might you use it in a language teaching context?
● First, the teacher should select an appropriate presentation or video related to
the course object. Take "Mr. Bean makes a sandwich in the park" for example,
you can see the instructions explained in the slides below.
download PDF files, handouts, PowerPoint and MP4 there.
● If it is for beginners, the teacher can teach the vocabulary students need to know first.
Later, the teacher could provide useful sentences for students to describe what they see.
(For example, using present progressive tense, like 'He is driving a yellow car'.)
● Students work in pair, and they both have handouts. The teacher divided the video into
five parts. The student takes turn to tell the other one the story. And finally they can
construct the whole story by writing the plot together on from the writing handout.
or in the class blog.
● The teacher has to give students clear instruction before students do an activity
for a certain topic. Need more time to have a discussion in class.
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● Teachers can also upload your own presentations or videos (or students' output)
as your own teaching sources, or share them with other teachers.
● Slideshare
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| Slideshare |
What is it about?
● Slideshare is a useful website in which you can share your ideas, presentations and
videos with wide audience. You can also find a variety of ideas shared by other people
and have a connection with them.
● You can search for the topics that interest you and embed slideshares in your blog or
in your website.
● You can also download the presentations and videos if the download function is not
disabled the the authors.
in your website.
● You can also download the presentations and videos if the download function is not
disabled the the authors.
Why is the content good for language learning?
● The ideas in the presentations are shown in English. Students can learn how the
presenters combine their ideas through their presentations, and how they make
their presentations well-organized through their slideshare. Students can also work
collaboratively to make their PowerPoint's and upload their ideas and share them with
people around the world.
presenters combine their ideas through their presentations, and how they make
their presentations well-organized through their slideshare. Students can also work
collaboratively to make their PowerPoint's and upload their ideas and share them with
people around the world.
● In addition to reading the slides, students can also watch the videos uploaded and
practice their listening, and see (learn) how people present their ideas through videos.
practice their listening, and see (learn) how people present their ideas through videos.
How might you use it in a language teaching context?
● First, the teacher should select an appropriate presentation or video related to
the course object. Take "Mr. Bean makes a sandwich in the park" for example,
you can see the instructions explained in the slides below.
● From the PowerPoint, you can see the source is from EFL CLASSROOM 2.0. You can
● If it is for beginners, the teacher can teach the vocabulary students need to know first.
Later, the teacher could provide useful sentences for students to describe what they see.
(For example, using present progressive tense, like 'He is driving a yellow car'.)
● Students work in pair, and they both have handouts. The teacher divided the video into
five parts. The student takes turn to tell the other one the story. And finally they can
construct the whole story by writing the plot together on from the writing handout.
● The teacher can have students do their own PowerPoint about the story they
construct with the pictures the teacher provided. Students can embed it in their
blog or the teacher can choose good ones and upload them in the slideshare website
construct with the pictures the teacher provided. Students can embed it in their
blog or the teacher can choose good ones and upload them in the slideshare website
or in the class blog.
● The teacher can embed the slides or videos in the class blog for students to leave their
comments, e.g. after watching the video 'Even Eagles Need a Push' and having a short
discussion in class, students can reflect on themselves and write something on the blog.
discussion in class, students can reflect on themselves and write something on the blog.
Limitations~
● To watch the video, broadband with sufficient capacity is needed.
● There are so many materials in this website, so it will take teachers much time to select
appropriate materials that match the curriculum objects and topics.
● There are so many materials in this website, so it will take teachers much time to select
appropriate materials that match the curriculum objects and topics.
for a certain topic. Need more time to have a discussion in class.
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Example~
● Search for an appropriate topic that is suitable for your teaching object.
● After selecting the one you need, you can embed the presentation in your blog or
your website. You can download the presentation just in case.
● You could also find some good videos with some texts. Embed the video in your blog
and you can have your students write a comment or have a reflective writing about what
has been discussed in class.
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| Search for the Topic |
● After selecting the one you need, you can embed the presentation in your blog or
your website. You can download the presentation just in case.
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| Embed the Presentation |
and you can have your students write a comment or have a reflective writing about what
has been discussed in class.
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| Embed the Video |
● Teachers can also upload your own presentations or videos (or students' output)
as your own teaching sources, or share them with other teachers.
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| Upload Your Presentations |
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