This time we were introduced to a new way of adopting CALL into our lesson plan, and the theme of today's class is YouTube. We went through several videos and presented an interesting way of using these videos to help students enjoy their learning better. The focused language aspect of this lesson is Listening And Speaking as we would like to see our students share their creative thoughts with their peers and able to express themselves using the English language. Therefore, we opted for a very interesting YouTube channel which will trigger their interest in using the language. Click the following URL for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/sarahgracelovingfood?feature=watch
When conducting a demonstrative speech as such applied in typical cooking shows, students are trained to use the imperative forms, instructions and fully utilizing the parts of speech that they have learned. Some examples are; Firstly, Secondly, chop, slice, put, a table spoon of, a cup of, mixer... etc, where these lexical items will enrich their vocabulary and also give the students some rough ideas on how to use them in proper grammatical structures. After watching these videos they may want to try out the recipe themselves and present a demonstrative speech in the next class where the enrollment will take place at the cooking lab/kitchen. They might also want to create their own version of Yoghurt Smoothie shown by Sarah Grace which will testify their creativity and variation in both palatal taste and speech choreography. They will be given an outline for their speech.
Tie to Audience
Introduction to the Recipe
Body: Procedures
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4 (.. or more)
Reward to Audience: Tips etc
Product Exhibition
Conclusion
and finally.... TASTING ! Where they can share with all their classmates. We believe this type of lesson is very suitable for secondary learners from intermediate to high level proficiency.
Regards,
Asyraf 167487
LHE3220 Computer Application in TESL
Dr Abu Bakar
FPP, UPM.
Dear Asyraf,
ReplyDeleteThank you for you blog entry on the use of video sites (e.g., YouTube) in English language learning. I am glad that you found the lab session interesting, and I am glad that you find the use of these technology (i.e., online video sites) in education beneficial. I sincerely hope that you would be able to use them in the future as a teacher, or even as a student. I am sure that by then you will have lots of fun teaching and learning using these technologies.
I also would like to take this opportunity to personally thank you to have enrolled in my course and to have contributed to the class discussion and to have done your coursework satisfactorily. I hope that you have learned a lot from me and from your other friends, and I am sure that I have learned from you too. I wish you all the best in the future and I hope that you will be successful in whatever you do in life.
All the best!
AB