Sample Video
Now let's see examples of the "Video Exploitation" strategies we explored in Lesson 3.
Preview
Take a look at the lyrics to the song "Out of Range" in Russian and in English. Based only on the lyrics, make some assumptions about the meaning of the song. More specifically, give a few variations on what the words "out of range" can mean.
Choose a popular song in the language that you teach. How much about the meaning of the song itself is revealed in the title?
Now that you know how the lyrics - especially the title - apply to the visuals in this video, draft a few ideas on how you might prepare your students to watch the video in order to help them get the meaning as efficiently as possible. Remember: Good Preview exercises don't give anything away. No spoilers!
Task Viewing
Using the lyrics as a guide, think about the images in the following video and sketch out a few ideas for a variety of exercises to accompany it. Think about "peeling away the layers" of the video and revealing as much about its meaning as possible.
Follow-up
After viewing the video, what could you add to your students' experience to take them deeper into linguistic and non-linguistic understanding?
A beginning teacher in the video suggested that students could come up with what happens after the video ends. How would such an exercise play out in your own class? How would you use the students' responses to further their work on the language and culture?