Maria Lobytsyna

• Using Authentic, Online, Audio-Visual

texts in the Language classroom.

• Open High School (Languages).

• Russian online courses (Russian

Continuers: Preliminary and HSC).

• maria.lobytsyna1@det.nsw.edu.au

The platforms:

• Moodle

• Edmodo

• Schoology

BOASTES (NSW) Board of Studies –Teaching

and Language Standards

• in their language curriculums explicitly

state the importance of using authentic texts

(including AV texts).

• Using audio-visual texts dovetails itself

with the “Quality Teaching (QT) in NSW

public schools discussion paper (2003). It

encourages teachers to use audio-visual

texts in a language classroom context.

The Open High School: e-learning

• This presentation is based on the practical

experience of teaching Russian audio-visual

texts incorporated in the new online

language courses for Year 11 and year 12

students (on Moodle). It refers to both face-

to-face and distance education modes (as

part of the new online course).

Teaching the AV texts: teaching comprehension

and understanding.

The challengers encountered:

• Encouraging students to comprehend the socio-

cultural and semantic context of the authentic AV

texts.

• Discussing and analysing the different cultural

“undercurrents” of the selected AV texts.

Quality Learning Environment

• Engagement Using prior knowledge and

analytical skills to examine the AV text vs

personal experiences.

• High expectations

• Understanding the context,

• making connections between local and

global issues.

Quality Learning Environment

• Higher-order thinking Evaluate, analyse, apply:

an impact of the national heritage on modern

culture.

• Analysing environmental issues in local and

global context.

• Moving between cultures.

• Metalanguage Making linguistic connections.

Discussing how the language works.

Significance of using the AV texts:

• Background knowledge gathered

• Cultural knowledge: linking the lessons content to different

socio-cultural groups demonstrating that different cultures

are accepted

• Knowledge integration: linking to other subjects (modern

history, legal studies,)

• Connectedness: learning outcomes are valuable beyond the

classroom and school (RE: students’ feedback)

• The AV texts were the triggers for the projects/students

shared their knowledge.

Selection of audio-visual

texts

• Russian Continuers Syllabus Stage 6

• Themes:

• The Individual

• The Russian-speaking community

• The Changing World

Types of audio-visual resources:

• Documentaries about the famous people (ie.

writers, composers), etc.

• Documentaries on socio-cultural issues

• Extracts from films

• Short films made by students

• Interviews

• Songs

Text type Topic Theme

Report

• Russian teenagers and the Internet

• Addictions

• Health and social issues

• Environment

• Teenage life

• Family life

TV interview

• TV interview with a popular media

presenter: “100 questions to an adult”

• People at work

• Career aspirations

• Relationships with family and friends

Films

An episode from a film by Akira Kurosava

“Dersy Uzala” (Russian/Japanese)

• Environment

• Conservation

Documentary

• Life and works of Russian composer

Tchaikovsky

• Modern culture and music

• Professional aspirations

Popular song

• Friendship

• Personal life

• Community

How to use audio-visual texts

with students?

• Projects

• Assessment-type questions

• Enrichment: Society and Culture

• Extension

Developing skills

• Speaking skills

• Discussion and debating skills

• Analytical skills

• High order thinking

My Pedagogy

• Students’ participation in the research and

selection process (ie films and

documentaries based on the literary texts)

• Students’ feedback

• Surveys

The Copyright Considerations

Australian Copyright Council

E-mail: info@copyright.org.au

Website: www.copyright.org.au

YouTube’s Copyright Center for users:

www.youtube.com/copyright/

Using other people’s material in YouTube videos

– Copyright expired material

– Pre-cleared material (video, images and footage that has

been pre-cleared for use on YouTube)

– Open licensed material (ie Creative Commons material)

– Fair Dealing (is tired to specific purposes such as . . .

reporting the news, research and study)

The Embedded link

• YouTube

• Click on Embed

• Copy the link

• Go to Moodle

• Click on Edit HTML Source

• Paste the link and unclick Word Wrap

• Update

• Enter the Questions/Tasks

• Save and Return to course

TubeChop– Go to YouTube, select your film

– Click on Share and copy the link

– Open TubeChop

– Paste the link in the Search area

– Click on “Chop” and select the required episode.

– Copy the embed code for Moodle

– Or copy the link and create a hyperlink (if you use the

Word file).