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or online

2. *
or online

3. *
What Why How

4. *
the use of real-time computer
graphics engines to create a
cinematic production.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machinima

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Content control
Language control
Motivation/engagement
Comprehensible input
Language acquisition
Modality preference

6. *
Language
input
Receptive
skills
Productive
skills
Lesson Objectives

7. *
Teacher
created
model
prompt
end
Student
created

8. *
Considerations

9. *
1 min
10 mins
More?

10. *
2
4-5+
More?

12. *
Not on the machinima
or video necessarily

13. *
2
4-5+
More?

14. *
Language?
Skills?
Mixture?

15. *
Vocabulary

16. *
Yes
If showcasing
language points
or items of
vocabulary
No
If using video
for listening
skills
development

17. *
… and rules

18. *
Advantages
• Can help visual learners
• Makes listening to accents
easier
• Gives opportunity to explore
new vocabulary
Disadvantages
• Unnatural – not the intended
use of the medium
• Makes Ss text-dependent
• Does not improve listening
skills
• Reading & following action
sometimes difficult

19. *
Yes
• If for self-access
• If for revision
No
• If in class
• Keep separate
• Do outside video

20. *
Classroom Techniques

21. *
• Play with sound off
• Freeze-frame and stop the action at
any point you want; ask for
predictions
• Play with sound off and just watch
the images

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Speech bubbles to complete
Partial viewing (half screen)
Back –to – back viewing
Gapfills
Ordering images/sentences/events
T/F – multiple choice ….etc…

23. *
Lesson Shapes

24. *
PPP
PWP
TBL

25. *
Pre-viewing
activities

tap the students’ background knowledge

stimulate interest in the topic

pre-teach essential vocabulary

give students a purpose for viewing
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encourage students to predict/anticipate
Viewing
activities

focus
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focus
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focus
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focus

focus
on
on
on
on
on
the basic situation first
the plot
the characters
factual information
the language used
Post-viewing
activities

encourage the students to react to the video

encourage the students to practise some of the
language used

26. *

27. *
Project
based
PWP
TBL

31. *

32. Creative
potential
Language
Use

35. Elements of
creative
behaviour
Relationship to
Language Production
Fluency
Ability to produce large Easy & ready flow of talk;
numbers of ideas
production of sustained
talk
Flexibility
Ability to produce
diverse ideas (not the
same kind)
Elaboration
Ability to add on to and Ability to avoid simplistic
embellish an already
responses; ability to
existing idea
improve set phrases and
embellish them; useful for
writing
Ability to produce
Ability to produce novel
uncommon, 'clever'
utterances; avoidance of
ideas
clichés
Originality
Ability to follow & respond
to changes in conversation;

36. My email
info@celt.edu.gr
My Twitter ID
http://twitter.com/Marisa_C
My Centre
www.celt.edu.gr
My Blogs
http://marisaconstantinides.edublogs.org/
http://celtathens.wordpress.com/