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This telling of Little Red Riding Hood works well with ESL students as it is read quite clearly and slowly and the animation bring it to life.
I love using this video with my university students as they prepare for their final test. They are tested on their ability to tell a story as well as create activities used with the story. With this video, we can focus on a number of topics such as reading speed, pronunciation, staying on topic, using voices, and adding comedy to the reading.
This video on 1000 Awesome Things was recently introduced to me through another course in the Ed Tech program. It really struck a chord with me. For my elective courses I offer at my university, I will introduce this video to my students and in each class, we will add something awesome to a class list. I think this is a great way to explore English.
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This video is somewhat long and though I would not use it in it's entirety, it could be broken into parts and used in a number of ways. This could be used to help inspire descriptive language or the desire to travel.
As I teach at an education university where my students will one day become elementary school teachers, it is important to me to try and inspire creativity when it comes to educating. No one does it quite like Sir Ken Robinson and though I'm sure most of you have seen this, Korea is much in need of education reform, and these ideas are worth spreading.
This is a selfish plug for bike advocacy. Koreans have given up on bikes and lustily long for luscious autos. The roads and sidewalks (literally on the sidewalks) are packed with these behemoths of convenience. The air is brown and it's downright dangerous to be a bike rider in Korea. I do it anyway, but I've been hit by cars three times. I love trying to teach bike advocacy in my English class and I love this video. Maybe by the time my daughters are old enough to ride to school, it'll be a bit safer.
Animals with feelings is a debatable topic. Videos like the one above go a long way towards showing that animals may just have emotions, but must always be respected. I use this video in a unit on animal feelings as well as showing clips from 'The Cove.'
Going back to where and who I teach, I feel this video is quite relevant. The jury is still out here in Korea as to the use of corporal punishment. Many of the students I've had in the past actually miss the days of a quick smack on the wrist and then getting back to the lesson. I know most of us consider smacking a child disgraceful, but with the banning of hitting, discipline has become a nightmare.
Simply an awesome video for the university classroom. I have used this in a number of writing and speaking classes where we work on fist person perspective. However, there are any number of possibilities with this zero dialog video.
I have noticed that Koreans don't look up in the sky much as the air is usually too polluted to see many stars. I like to show this and just try to inspire greatness from my students.