Using Video to Teach English

USING VIDEO TO TEACH Mr. Bean
THE CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE Pedagogic Notes (see next box) & Language Points to Practise Instructions for students Vocabulary & phrases for scenes from: The Trouble With Mr. Bean (Amend vocabulary list according to level) The order of the vocabulary mostly corresponds with the order of the sketch. Mr. Bean in bed Mr. Bean outside his house, dressing in his car & parking Mr. Bean in the dentist's waiting room Mr. Bean in the dentist's surgery
PEDAGOGIC NOTES
USING VIDEO TO TEACH ENGLISH General Instructions By Bibi Baxter Almost any video can be used to teach English: commercial films, TV programmes, home-made dramas and holiday films. Live television programmes are NOT recommended. Your method should vary according to the language point you wish to teach and the level of your student(s) Although a handset is ideal, it is not essential. Position yourself near the front of the class, to one side - close enough to the video player to work the controls if you do not have a handset. If the video player is independent of the TV, turn it so you can work the controls easily without interfering with your students' view of the TV screen. This medium can be used: to practice/consolidate a range of language points to introduce subject(s) for debate to encourage conversation amongst students to improve writing skills to introduce new vocabulary to develop listening skills (with visual aid) Few lessons would involve continuous viewing - even with speech-free films. Strategic stopping is essential. The teacher controls what students see and hear: Films, with excessive bad language, can be shown without sound If the majority of film is good, unsuitable sex or violent scenes can easily be avoided as follows: plan in advance how to exploit the remainder of the film knowing the exact counter positions of scenes to be omitted Students' concentration will wane if they watch for too long. Therefore, they do not need to see a whole film, nor even a whole scene if it is not relevant;. Be discerning by showing the most interesting scene(s) (A lot of mileage can be achieved with just one short isolated scene on its own). NOTE: If students seem disappointed when the scene ends, it will mean that they particularly enjoyed that clip and are more likely to remember the language points; furthermore, they will also look forward to the next time you use video. Either pre-teach vocabulary, or introduce it as and when relevant.
LANGUAGE POINT TO PRACTISE			SUGGESTED QUESTION TO ELICIT LANGUAGE POINT
Simple Past			What did he do before he left the house?
Simple Past + Past Continuous			What was he doing when the alarm rang?
Present Perfect (simple/continuous)			What has he done? What has he been doing?
Present Continuous			What is he doing now?
1st Conditional			What do you think he will he do if it does not work?
2nd Conditional			What would you do if that happened to you?
3rd Conditional			Would he have done that if he had known that it would break?
To be + adjective			Is he happy? unhappy? triumphant? disappointed? angry?
Going to + Inf. and/or Simple Future for prediction			What do you think will happen next? What do you think is going to happen next? REQUIRED RESPONSE I think he will........................ I think he is going to ...........

INSTRUCTIONS FOR STUDENTS READ through one section of vocabulary CHECK the meanings of any new words. Watch the relevant clip (clip = section of film) LEARN any new vocabulary Watch the clip again. Stop it and try using the vocabulary to describe onto tape what you have seen or are seeing, etc. WRITE a descriptive passage about the clip.
VOCABULARY FOR MR. BEAN IN HIS BEDROOM
VERBS to chime to ring to boil to sleepwalk to lean to exercise to shave to forget to panic to tiptoe to rush to hurry	NOUNS a grandfather clock a clock-face an alarm clock slippers a shaver nasal hair				PHRASES to make the bed to stand in front of the mirror to look in the miror
VOCABULARY FOR MR. BEAN0 OUTSIDE HIS HOME, DRESSING IN HIS CAR, PARKING HIS CAR
VERBS to rush to pick up to take off to put on to change to steer to drive to bite to sniff to smell to hoot to push to pull		NOUNS pyjama jacket pyjama trousers trousers shirt a sock a shoe buttons a steering wheel a parking meter PEOPLE a traffic warden		PHRASES to crash into the dustbins to do up buttons to undo buttons to crash into the dustbins to go round and round the roundabout to wedge a brick under the accelerator to steer with one's teeth/one's feet to clean one's teeth
VOCABULARY FOR MR. BEAN IN THE DENTIST'S WAITING ROOM
VERBS to arrive to plot		NOUNS a comic PEOPLE the receptionist a patient a boy the mother		PHRASES to read over one's shoulder to pour water onto the boy's lap to feel pleased with oneself
VOCABULARY FOR MR. BEAN IN THE DENTIST'S SURGERY
VERBS to drink to suck up to vacuum to look innocent to sink in the chair		NOUNS tongue surgical gloves a syringe saliva PEOPLE dentist dental nurse		PHRASES to play with the controls the dentist's chair the switches the dentist's equipment the dentist's device to raise & lower the dentist's chair to go up and down in the dentist's chair to take an x-ray to give an injection to hold one's hip to feel numb to be unconscious to drill/to fill every tooth another tooth the other tooth all his teeth
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