Below I am adding some websites from which you can get more ideas about how to make the most of a video in your class. community.efl.classroom.com/page/big a whole workbook made out of the movie Big by David Deubelbeiss. Movieclips contains thousands of short video clips from movies categorised by theme, character, setting and more. Subzin is a search engine for quotes in movies and series. Open culture has a list of links to free online videos of both Chaplin and Keaton movies. National Film Board of Canada is an excellent site for short videos (animated) that can be used in the classroom. See this one.
And if you want to encourage your pupils to do some self study and practise their English using on-line videos here are some useful websites: http://www.insideout.net/video/anecdote-video-player?video-id=844 http://cinema.clubefl.gr/ Check your listening skills doing activities based on film clips. http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_beginning.php?id=16962 Here you can create quizzes for any video that is out there and ask your pupils to log on and do the quiz Grockit Answers lets you pick any video from YouTube and create a series of questions about it. The great feature is that you can set the time on the video for each question to alert the viewer when the answer will appear. Voscreen After signing-up and choosing your native language from a list of nine, you’re shown a series of very short video TV/movie video clips where a phrase is said. Then, you have a choice of either clicking “I understand” or “Show Me The Script.” If you clip “Show Me The Script,” you’re shown two versions in your native language, and you have to choose which one is correct. Movie segments to assess grammatical goals contains a series of movie segments and activities to assess or practice grammar points through fun exercises. EFL smart blog contains some great ideas on using videos such as Flatlife Pink Panther and Eric and Ernie.
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