Hello!
EngVid is an useful online source for learning English for free with hundreds of video lessons by experienced native-speaker teachers. New classes are added three times a week, covering grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and more.
For our
course I’ve picked out a video about how to remember new words, by teacher
Ronnie.
http://www.engvid.com/how-to-remember-vocabulary/
The subject
I’m going to teach during our course is Estonian language course for Erasmus students.
That is why the issue of learning new vocabulary is very topical for me as well. What really
fascinated me about this video was the very easy and nonofficial style of
teaching. The teacher excited my interest with several verbal and nonverbal
effects (playing with voice, facial expression, body language etc.). Therefore it was interesting
to follow her and learn more about the topic. There are
two more things I’d like to point up
about the way she is teaching:
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she
has involved her personal experience about the topic taught, which always
attracts the audience and the
-
talking speed. It was pleasant to listen to
her because she didn’t hurry while speaking and she always came to the point.
a good choice - could be used as homework also, if you notice that the students have trouble with new words/terminology. Could be helpful for students from different cultural backgrounds as well, because the atmosphere is informal and the video seems to be like from a regular class.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Britt, I hadn't used EngVid before.
Very good choice indeed! :-) At first I thought it is a joke - the lady was hiding herself under the table. But actually her way of teaching is very expressive.
ReplyDeleteI like the teacher's manner of teaching , the clarity and friendliness. The tips are very useful, I especially like the idea of sticky notes with words on different objects.This mini-presentation has a good structure- she went over all the main points at the end of her talk.
ReplyDeleteI like this presentation - it's an example of good teaching - expressive and clear. EngVid was a "discovery" for me, and I also chose my video from there.
ReplyDeleteI think I'll advise my students to watch these presentations.
Sirje
I have loved, loved, LOVED Ronnie since I "met" her via www.engvid.com (a webpage I always share with my students because it is such a good source of getting answers to FAQs and also it is totally free of charge).
ReplyDeleteI like her style of presenting inside and out: she is fluent and therefore interesting to listen to, the speed of her speech is indeed slow enough for learners, her emotions and body language, especially her facial expressions, and side comments about herself she inserts here and there to connect better with the audience - priceless! Also the visuals - whiteboard plus marker.
If I wouldn't know better, I would say that this could be (sort of) my style of presenting, too, or a style I would prefer while teaching or giving a lecture.