Using Video in Language Teaching
@BenGuilbaud
Benoît Guilbaud
Maria Kluczek
Sheraz Ali
Teacher Development Forum
19th April 2013
✤ Copyright issues
✤ Quick tutorials (YouTube, Video Library, PowerPoint, B.O.B.)
✤ Sample activities
✤ BOYA (Bring Your Own Activity)
Today’s session
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✤ ERA licence
✤ JISC - Legal Guidance for ICT Use in Education, Research and
External Engagement
✤ The Copyright Licensing Agency
✤ Understanding Intellectual Property
✤ Creative Commons
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Copyright issues
“This recording is to be used only for non-commercial
educational purposes under the terms of the ERA Licence”
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Copyright issues
✤ YouTube
✤ Manchester Video Library
✤ PowerPoint
✤ B.O.B. (Box of Broadcast)
Quick tutorials
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✤ Go to YouTube.com and find a video you like
✤ In a new tab, log into your Backboard Sandbox or course area
✤ Follow instructions on the board for:
✤ Embedding a YouTube video on Bb9
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✤ Go to YouTube.com and find a video you like
✤ In a new tab, go to KeepVid.com
✤ Follow instructions on the board for:
✤ Saving an offline copy of a YouTube video
✤ Recommended file format: .mp4
Downloading from
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University of Manchester Video Library
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✤ Go to http://stream.manchester.ac.uk
✤ Follow instructions on the board for:
✤ Accessing videos
✤ Uploading & retrieving videos
✤ Embedding in Bb9
UoM Video library
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Video +
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✤ Open Microsoft PowerPoint
✤ Follow instructions on the board for:
✤ Inserting a video into a presentation
✤ Choosing playback options (auto-play, click to play)
✤ Make your own!
Video in PowerPoint
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✤ Go to http://bobnational.net
✤ Follow instructions on the board for:
✤ Logging in as a UoM user
✤ Accessing programmes
✤ Requesting a programme recording
✤ Embedding your programme in Bb9
Using
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Useful software
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Live Movie Maker
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Video editing, subtitles (.wmv format)
iMovie (Mac)
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Video editing, subtitles
Handbrake
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Extracting video from a DVD
Xilisoft products
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Various, including extracting video from a DVD
Camtasia
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Screen capture, including web video streams
DropBox
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File storing & sharing
Teaching with video
✤ Listening comp with open- and close-ended questions
✤ Practising past tense + scene description
✤ This week in the news
✤ Using long documents (pre-sessional / homework)
✤ Teaching with short films
Sample activities & resources
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Open- and close-ended questions
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✤ Read questions
✤ Watch once
✤ Compare / discuss answers
with partner
✤ Watch again
✤ Finalise & share answers with
class
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Verbs + scene description
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✤ List actions on screen
✤ Compare notes with partner
✤ Conjugate verbs in given
tense
✤ Write scene description in the
style of a novel (e.g. practising
French historical past)
This week in the news
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✤ Students watch/read news
before class
✤ Start class by watching
headlines from a news
programme
✤ Students discuss news
they’ve read or watched, and
link with video when possible
Using long documents (5 mins+)
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✤ Give to students to watch
before class to prepare
discussions on a topic
✤ Give to students to summarise
after class as homework
✤ Watch at the end of class
(short film, 10-15 minutes
max) to conclude on a topic
or
or
✤ Useful YouTube channels:
✤ Useful links:
✤ www.filmsshort.com
✤ www.vimeo.com/groups/shortfilms
✤ www.thesmalls.com
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Short films
✤ JISC: YouTube and Vimeo for Education
✤ The Five Best Tools for Creating Videos Without Installing Software
✤ Teaching technologies: teaching English using video (ideas)
✤ Film In Language Teaching Association
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Further reading
✤ Bring Your Own Activity
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BYOA
Thank you for attending
@BenGuilbaud
Benoît Guilbaud
Maria Kluczek
Sheraz Ali
Teacher Development Forum
19th April 2013

Using video in language teaching