Ideas for PDP

Ideas for Pre, During and Post viewing activities Watching movies or video in general, should not be an end in itself but rather a means to an end ; a tool to make the teaching of English more effective. The teacher wishing to implement the use of video in her class should have a repertoire of activities at hand so that the viewing is more meaningful. Here’s a list of ideas for activities before, during and after watching a movie or video clip. I hope you can share your ideas with us! Pre- viewing activites: These are extremely important as they prepare students for the lesson. Building schema: ask questions that would lead to the topic Provide Vocabulary Lead in Questions Brainstorming Prediction: what the video is going to be about from its title, or have them talk about or write about their knowledge of the topic. During Graded tasks Filling in blanks Discussing Script with mistakes for sts to notice what’s different Bingo for word recognition (1st watching, concentrating mainly on audio input) Dictation ( students hear the dialogue and write down what they hear) Post- viewing activities These are also very important as they give teachers the chance to follow up on the students’ learning. Use the video input for speaking, writing Write reports, summaries, opinions, stories Further reading Roleplaying Make a poster Film Oral presentations Who said what, to whom, when, where and why? 20 questions about an object or a character. YES-NO questions

My favorite movies

  • Something's gotta give
  • Erin Brockovich
  • I am Sam
  • Mona Lisa Smile