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Watch to learn, learn to speak Power of Authentic Video

in Language Education Cagri Gokbayrak

International Marketing Manager EnglishCentral

Let's go back in time

1970’s

Gramophone Record for Language Education

1980’s

A Cassette Player with Numerator

But what if we could employ some new technology –

like Lionel Logue does in the King’s Speech

to help the language learner more effec;vely immerse themself in the target language?

1990’s

End of 1990’s

VHS Video Players

2000’s - …

NOW - Personalized Language Immersion

Exposure to thousands of authen4c videos

Every word is tracked using 4me interval learning

Mo4va4ng speaking prac4ce proven to increase spoken English ability and instant feedback

Key teaching principles to

online…

1. Comprehensible Input…

Comprehensible Input…

Krashen’s “rules”… •  Input should be understandable •  Input should be interesting •  Input should be authentic •  Input should be a lot!....

Comprehensible Input… (Filter your videos and vocabulary by level)

2. Authentic Content…

Authentic Content… (literally THOUSANDS of interesting choices!...)

Content Is King Authentic Content… (working together with some amazing companies!)

Using YouTube for Authentic Videos?

3. Personalized Learning…

Personalized Learning… (Choosing just the topics you like/are interested in

Personalized Learning… (Save your favorite words and videos for later study)

Personalized Learning… (Detailed tracking of pronunciation problems & progress)

4. Scaffolding Tools…

Scaffolding Tools… (Support in many languages)

Scaffolding Tools… (Captioning, Repeat Function, Voice Speed Controls)

Scaffolding Tools… (clickable dictionary with sample sentences and pronunciation)

5. Corpus Analysis….

Corpus Analysis…. (of every word and phoneme in every video!)

6. Vocabulary Building…

Vocabulary Building… (Flashcards contextualized in authentic videos)

Vocabulary Building… (multiple aspects of word knowledge built over time)

Definition matching… Cloze testing…

Spelling practice…

Vocabulary Building… (Spaced-repetition system does detailed tracking every session)

7. “Noticing the Gap”

‘what learners notice in input is what becomes intake for learning’ (Schmidt, 1995).

“Noticing the Gap”

1)  Listen to authentic English

2)  Record your voice

3)  Get instant feedback and “notice the gap”

“Noticing the Gap” (compare at the word level, analysis at phoneme level)

Make It Official! 8. Making it Official!

Set Goals. Set Deadlines. Set Class Goals, Content & Deadlines…

Set Goals. Set Deadlines. Set General Learning Goals (Learners choose videos or pick a specific course)

Set Goals. Set Deadlines. Set Class Goals, Content & Deadlines…

11 Professionally designed courses

Try Them …

Pronuncia4on courses specific to the learners first language

Vocabulary courses for intensive word study

• Business • Academic

• Idioms / Expressions

The Pronuncia;on center will be re;red and members can use pronuncia;on courses. Pronunca;on videos available in our video library.

12 Vocab. And Pronunciation Courses

Manage your School, Classes and Groups

Buy Premium access for your students at large discounts

Create Video, Word and Sound assignments

Track individual student activity and performance

Teacher Tools Tools for Teachers…

3 Approaches To Using Video In The Classroom

1.   Blending video into the existing curriculum and course.

Thus, the teacher is blending the learning – combining traditional print (textbooks) with the power of video. Videos are blended into and are part of the official course curriculum.

2. Using only video and online learning (the Flipped classroom)

Students could learn on EnglishCentral and the teacher could use class time to review their progress, check and evaluate.

Teachers might also use print materials made specifically for the videos (like the EnglishCentral workbooks).

3. Using video as a supplement for engagement or re-inforcement.

Videos are used only at the beginning of a or as supplemental material for the lesson (either inclass or as homework). However, the videos are not part of the official curriculum.

Watch their progress online…

Track all progress on their vocabulary study!

See the SPECIFIC phonemic difficulties of your students!

LISTEN-IN all student recordings!

“I think about ninety percent of the problem in teaching, or maybe ninety-eight percent, is just to help the students get interested.”

Noam Chomsky

“The best methods are therefore those that supply ‘comprehensible input’ in low anxiety situations, containing messages that students really want to hear.”

“Learning from context is so important that some studies suggest that first language learners learn most of their vocabulary in this way.”

Stephen Krashen

Paul Nation

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Our Philosophy

“In my opinion, English Central was far and away the best new EFL / ESL site this year.”

Jeffrey Hill – The English Blog

I personally think it’s the best site period for English Language Learners. It provides listening,

speaking, and reading practice — all in an extremely engaging way…

Larry Ferlazzo – Websites of the Day

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You know the old expression….?

Maybe the new expression should be….

A a day, keeps the

away!

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Cagri Gokbayrak International Marketing Manager

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