Video project can stimulate students' motivation in class(22404)-英语教育-(25)-21英语网

　　许多教师为了鼓励学生开口讲英语而绞尽脑汁。本文提出教师可组织学生就某个话题进行课堂讨论和表演，并用摄像机记录学生不同的表现。这种方式既能激发学生的学习兴趣，又能让其在自然真实的情景下有效提升口语技能。

　　GETTING teenagers to speak English can be a challenge to many teachers. One way is to provide a context for real and meaningful communication. Deborah Bullock, an English teacher who works for The British Council in Ukraine, examines how a video recording project can stimulate students'motivation by providing such a context.

　　The project offers students many benefits: the opportunity for learners to communicate in a real and meaningful way about their interests; the opportunity to use a wide range of skills and language; a change from "routine" class work.

　　In Bullock's class, she divides the project into three stages: preparation, rehearsal and performance.

　　First, in small groups the students brainstorm different aspects of a specific topic, such as "Life in Ukraine". Bullock puts all these ideas on the board in the form of a spidergram. In pairs, students then choose the idea which interests them most and think about what they want to include in their presentation and make notes. The students then decide how they will present their information, as a question/answer session, for example, as a dialogue or simple presentation.

　　Second, the students rehearse in pairs and time themselves. Then they rehearse with different pairs and give each other feedback. Bullock monitors throughout and notes any hindrances to effective communication such as pronunciation difficulties, intonation and misuse of vocabulary or grammar.

　　Finally, Bullock sets up the video camera in a quiet room prior to the class. When she records the students in pairs, she tells them that she will only record them once. If they make a mistake they should just carry on. Naturally, the students want to watch themselves afterwards but Bullock encourages them to focus on the positive aspects.

　　There are some tips for a video recording project. Ensure audio quality and clarity. If the students cannot hear or understand each other, they become frustrated or uninterested. Encourage a variety of presentation techniques such as interview or role-play and the use of interesting props (since video is primarily a visual medium). Discourage the reading of texts while filming. Similarly, discourage memorization as this leads to unnatural speech.