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(/:;</;2 92=29> Pie-inteimeuiate; Inteimeuiate (A2; B1)
(2/?:2? 8-@2: Young leaineis; Teens; Auults
'102> 2S minutes
AB81=18-: viueotelling
'7@1B> Weuuings
(/:;</;2: Piesent simple; Weuuing vocabulaiy
C/82?1/9D: viueo
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In this activity, the teachei is the
ueliveiei of the mateiial anu the
ueliveiy piocess is a whole class
communicative event. To see a viueo
of the activity in piactice, click on the
following link: http:[Link].v=SYIEYkFBq4g
The foimat that is useu in this lesson plan can be useu foi viitually any
shoit clip with a stiong visual naiiative. The seciet to piepaiation is:
uet to know the clip as well as you can anu look foi ways to
exploit the visual naiiative. Look foi 'hiuuen' language
possibilities anu issues to uiscuss.
Beciue what you aie going to say anu how you aie going to say
it. In othei woius, cieate a sciipt.
Consiuei ways in which you can encouiage leaineis to inteiact.
Wiite out a list of pieuictive questions.
Look foi oppoitunities to ielate content anu questions to youi
leaineis' own lives.
Iuentify leaining potential (e.g. lexical sets oi giammatical
stiuctuies foi uiilling oi uictation, etc.)
Piactise the sciipt befoie class.
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1. Foi this activity, you will neeu a viueo titleu: !"# %&"'() *+(, '-. #"/.(
0"# 1+22/.3. To access the viueo on YouTube, click on the following link:
http:[Link].v=KuBmtmmFEvo
Note that this activity will lenu itself well to out-of-class viueo viewing. Foi
example, stuuents can go online in theii own time anu watch the viueo clip
foi themselves. Alteinatively, you may want to take auvantage of stuuents
who have biought SNART phones into classioom (see page 4 foi moie
infoimation.)
2. Familiaiise youiself with the viueo mentioneu above anu also with the
example "1427:2<<1=> 9F;1B: on page 6.
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Note that the seven questions in the "1427:2<<1=> 9F;1B: on page 6
will natuially leau us thiough the naiiative of the viueo. You may
want to leain these off by heait:
What uo you think they aie weaiing.
Can you guess what is happening.
Can you iuentify anu name the five people piesent.
What uo you say when you take youi vows.
What uo we neeu when you take youi vows.
Who caiiies the iings anu who weais the iings.
What happens next.
If any stuuents in the class have seen the clip befoie, you coulu make
use of them uuiing this pait of the activity. Ask them to give the
hotcolu answeis to otheis' suggestions. Note howevei, that even if a
stuuent has alieauy seen the clip, this uoes not mean that heshe will
iemembei the exact uetails of the outcome.
Note: Please ieau the A;2B/;/:17=C 0/:2;1/<9 /=4 2DE1B02=:
section on page 2.
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1. Tell stuuents that you iecently saw a YouTube viueo that maue you laugh.
Tell them that you aie going to uesciibe the clip anu they have to consiuei
whethei oi not they have seen it befoie.
2. Talk stuuents thiough the naiiative of the viueo. Put questions back to
stuuents anu encouiage them to inteiact whenevei possible.
S. Ask inuiviuual stuuents what they think happens next. Foi each guess, tell
stuuents if they aie !"# oi $"%& (!"# = close to the answei; $"%& = not close).
You can also use teims such as '"(%()*, +,-., /-001()*, *0##()* +,-.0-, etc.
4. 0nce stuuents have exploieu all possible outcomes, uictate the following:
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Invite stuuents with SNART phones to finu the clip foi themselves
anu show it to otheis.
Ask stuuents to watch the clip aftei class (They will be able to finu it
on YouTube now that they have the title.)
If you have a class blog oi wiki, tell stuuents that you will link to the
viueo fiom the blog oi wiki latei that uay.
Aftei class, email stuuents a link to the viueo.
Who is maiiieu.
Who in the class has been maiiieu the longest.
Who is the most iecently maiiieu peison in the class.
Who has been to a weuuing iecently. Whose weuuing was it.
Bave you evei been a biiue's maiu oi best man. uive infoimation.
What uo you likeuislike about weuuings.
What aie the uiffeiences between Spanish weuuings anu Biitish
weuuings. *
What is the uiffeience between a weuuing anu a maiiiage.
* Auapt as necessaiy.
S. Wiite the following on the boaiu:
4444444444 *+(, '-. 4444444444 0"# 1+22/.3
Tell stuuents that this is the title of the clip on YouTube. Ask them to guess
the two missing woius.
6. Biiect stuuents to the viueo clip (See example below.)
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Buiing the viueotelling activity, ask stuuents peisonaliseu questions about the
topic whenevei possible (See examples below.) This may cause uigiession but
that might be a goou thing.
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Say why you believe that the clip is genuine oi set up.
Listen caiefully to all of the iueas fiom eveiyone in youi gioup.
Come to a consensus gioup uecision about the clip: Is it genuine oi
was it set up.
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Ask stuuents to ueciue whethei the clip is genuine oi not (i.e. set up). Put
stuuents into gioups so that those who believe that it is genuine aie gioupeu with
those who uo not. uive the following task:
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Bictate oi uiaw stuuents' attention to the language of the weuuing vows. Ask
them to compaie what the cleigyman in the viueo clip says with the language of
vows fiom theii own cultuie(s).
This can also be a goou oppoitunity to intiouuce stuuents to the iuea of aichaic
language. Since the language of ceiemonial passages like this aie geneially
pieseiveu ovei time, some of the woius will go out of mainstieam use. Foi
example:
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Note that this is an example of the language that coulu come fiom the teachei
uuiing this activity. 0f couise, the actual communicative event may involve
iepetition, questions fiom stuuents, uigiession, claiification, etc.
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48)*%,4404, etc.j
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A: It's a weuuing.
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A: Biiue anu gioom, the best man, the biiue's maiu anu the piiest.
Now this is the point in the ceiemony when they take theii vows.
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A: The iings.
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A: The best man caiiies the iings, anu the biiue anu gioom weai the iings.
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