Poll Results: July 2011

Question: What's the best place to teach?

• Asia 47% with 10 votes
• Latin America 21% with 5 votes
• Europe 14% with 3 votes
• Africa 9% with 2 votes
• Middle East 9% with 2 votes
• North America 0%
• Australasia 0%

August's poll: How long is your commute? Be sure to vote now!

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On vacation

I'm off to Romania in an attempt to get my paperwork done.You can read more about it at my blog: Romanian Citizenship.

I'll be back on the 20th of August. However, I'll be leaving again on the 23rd to go to the Philippines for a babymoon. I will get back to Korea on the 28th of August just in time for classes to start.

I won't be posting anything else until I get back. After I get back, I'll post the Poll Results and ESL Carnival retroactively on the 7th and the 21st. I'll start the hot topics, cool links, and quick tips again in September.

Hope you have a good rest of the summer!
Sharon

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How to Use Videos in an EFL Classroom

I compiled this information from two workshops given by Rebecca Saavedra and Jenny Perez at the University of Piura, Peru.

• Talk to your neighbour. Students turn to the person next to them and tell them a little about what they saw.
• Jot it down. Take notes about what happened.
• Describe it. Write a brief description using as many sensory words as possible.
• Compare / Contrast. Compare or contrast characters.
• No sound. Play the video muted. Have students guess what's happening or what the characters are saying.
• Ask questions. Ask yes / no, true / false, or open ended questions.
• Spot the mistake. Write false sentences and have students fix them.
• Look for specific info. Such as grammar, functions, or vocabulary.
• Guess. Stop the video at a very interesting part and have the students guess what will happen next. 
• What can you remember? Have students write down as many things as they remember seeing.
• Back to back. Have the students sit back to back so that only half the class can see what's happening. The half that can see has to describe what is happening to the other half.
• Strip script. Take a short dialogue from the film and cut it into strips so there is one sentence on each strip. Have students order the dialogue before they watch the video. 
• Role play. Take some of the expressions from the video and have students create a role play using the expressions correctly.
• Interviews.  They have to ask and answer questions based on the character's personality or actions.
• For or against? If students are watching a debate or discussion they can write down the arguments for both sides and then share their personal opinions with the class.
• Solve it. When a problem arises in the movie. Stop the film and ask the students how they would solve it. 

Updated 18 February 2012

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