creating video in the efl classroom by tessa filby
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Creating Video in the EFL classroom
By Tessa Filby
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Planning
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Which class are you going to make a video with?
What level is your class?
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Do you have enough time to complete the video?
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What is the topic of your video?
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Do you have the necessary equipment?• Video camera(s)• Card reader (depending on camera type)• Editing program• Whiteboard, whiteboard markers/chalk for
prompts• Tripod
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How are you going to divide your students up?
What are your sections going to be?
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Preparation
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Worksheets:
1. Introduction with function words like film, rehearsal, edit, timing
2. Planning and script sheet
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Tracking grid• Section
• Students: names/HR
• Script: checked by ALT
• Interview: Y/N who
• When: date/time
• Where:
• Intro: date/location
• Sentences:
date/location
• Finished: Y
• Music: suggestions
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Notify other staff members
• JTE• Morning meeting
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Schedule
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Pre-teaching
• 1-2 lessons before you tell students about the project
• Building and location names• Clubs-spelling and cultural/sports• We are going to introduce….
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Lesson 1Introduce video concept
expectations(length, speaking req.)
Divide students into groups (choice/assignment)
Decide on sections for each group (what will they cover?)
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Lesson 2planning what they are going to do and say
i.e.
Are they going to interview anyone?
Who will they interview? Why that person?
What is important and what isn’t.
Who will say what.
Where will filming take place?
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Lesson 3• Planning and script writing.• Interview questions.• JTE and ALT will check sentences.• book interviews with their teachers. Keep
track of this!!• Rehearse lines and actions• Collect planning sheets/scripts at the end of
the lesson
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Lesson 4•Begin filming
• There should always be ALT/JTE present when filming.
• Rehearse beforehand
(smiles, gestures, posture)•Save data at the end of each lesson with section name.
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Whole class filming
Video introduction:
Who will say this? JTE and ALT, Section leaders, everyone?
Video conclusion:
Thanks for listening…
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Filming
• Rehearsals!!!!!!!!!!! ( teacher supervised)• Beware of sounds when filming (people
talking, fans, school bell etc)• Practice filming- avoid shaking,
blurriness• Prompts- whiteboard
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Lesson 5• Filming continues but concurrently
with another topic/activity• Depends on number of groups,
cameras and how soon interviews can be conducted.
• Teachers must provide interviewees with questions and answers.
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Editing
Who is editing?• You?• You and your JTE?• Students?• You and other teachers?
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Editing: ProgramWhat program will you use?
Windows Movie Maker, iMovie
Other free software? • Access• language• Cost?-Cyberlink Power Director
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Editing-Music
• What music will you include, if any? • Where will you put the music?• Legality? • Student choice? • Any language? Just English?
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Editing: structure
• How will you structure it? • What order will you put the sections in?
student input?
This will take a very long time, if possible time it for
the summer holidays
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REFLECTION
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Positives:
• Student-centred• Student creativity• Teacher/student interaction• Tangible product at the end• Good for chatty and creative people
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Difficulties:
• No examples available• Very time consuming• Lack of student creativity- groups• Difficult to track progress• Test still required, if not marking?
