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Steps in the Video:

Trim the stems

Remove submerged leaves

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Whether you're new to teaching or a seasoned professional, it can be difficult to come up with activities to engage students - especially young learners and teens.

We live in a world where young people not only consume but produce video content for fun. Why not take advantage of this fact by having your students create videos in English?

In this article, I'll share some reasons why videos help students learn, what platforms you can use to create videos, and some activities to engage your students in creating and participating.

How videos help students learn

When learners create videos in English they have great opportunities to practise their speaking as well as listen to themselves to correct pronunciation and improve intonation. Producing videos gives them the chance to put to use everything they've learnt in class in a real-life context.

3 activities to engage students and get them creating

So how can students create videos? You might be wondering now where to start, since there are so many platforms available. Here are three ideas:

Record a task

One of the best video recording platforms is Flip. In the website or mobile app, the teacher creates a task for students to record videos to do the task, which can be:

A question they have to answer

A short role-play

Sing a song.

After the task is assigned, students click on the link of the activity and record their answer, right on the platform, or they can upload a video they have previously recorded.

The teacher can also set a time limit for the students' videos. Then decide whether only he/she sees the answer or if the whole class can see and comment on the videos. This is a great way to evaluate speaking, especially for quiet students who seldom speak during class.

Video responses

Another platform you can use is called Edpuzzle. In the Student Project function users can create:

Videos in response to a video the teacher has posted

Video explanations such as a TED Talk

Insert questions in their video responses

The platform can be accessed from computers, tablets or mobile phones and the teacher assigns the projects to students. This is great for creating discussion topics and motivating students to share their points of view.

Film festival

If your students really enjoy creating videos, you can develop a project with them. One which I created in the school I worked for a couple of years ago: a Film Festival.

In this project, students aged 12-17, with language levels from A2 to B1 were invited to create short films from 3 to 5 minutes in English. The project could be divided into these sections:

Script - students create the scripts on their own or with the help of the teacher during classes, using reading and writing skills, which could take around 2 or 3 classes.

Filming - once the script is approved, they record their films using their listening and speaking skills, besides acting, of course.

Editing - using simple software and apps such as CapCut, Filmora or Imovie they can find in their own smartphones, they are able to edit by adding some effects, soundtrack and subtitles.

After the videos are edited they are sent to a panel of judges who give marks for specific categories, like best script, best actor, best actress, best use of English and best film.

Once the marks came in, we had a delightful ceremony in an Oscar-style celebration. All the students who took part in the videos, as well as their families and friends came to see the winners of the Oscar categories. The activity is very rewarding and engaging for teens. They get to tell a story in English and compete for Oscar statues.

With this project students:

practise what they have learnt in class

acquire new vocabulary and structures

work on their pronunciation. Especially the actors who have to memorise their lines and the students who edit and put subtitles on the short films.

Oracy skills

Besides all the language skills and abilities students develop with these video activities and projects, they can also develop oracy skills. These can be taught to help students learn how to speak in front of an audience or a camera. Some simple techniques can enhance communication and presence whilst speaking and presenting.

If you work with young learners or teens check out my oracy skills video on the Learn English with Cambridge YouTube channel. You'll find practical tips to help kids and teens communicate better in English.

Now it's time for you to put to work the ideas I've mentioned here, as well as your own. You don't have to jump right in with a film festival. You may want to begin with a question students have to answer in a video, or ask them to create a DIY video teaching you and their classmates how to do something.

I'm sure they will enjoy it and you will be surprised with how creative they can be. Whatever you do, make sure you have a clear goal of what you want to accomplish with this activity or project. Moreover, ensure that students have fun while doing it.
Have you ever asked your students to produce videos as a teaching strategy to help improve their English? If you have, leave a comment and share your ideas!

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Lights, Camera, English! Video activities to engage your students

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Find out why creating videos engage students, what platforms you can use to create videos, and activities to get your students participating.

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I was bored today so I just typed in "grammar padlet" into my search browser. this is what I came across. judging by the posts this looks like a grammar class padlet that was never deleted. this truly is a website that is frozen in time. If you are reading this feel free to leave a comment. I am quite shocked to find something like this. 🤯

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IS IT ESSENTIANL TO STUDY AND LEARN ENGLISH GRAMMAR?
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WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO LEARN GRAMMAR?

Surely! It’s basic! But to require this, it is before necessary to create a really goal.

I explain it: when I hear English, I try to speak the same language, and surely, I wonder myself the meaning of every words I discover meanwhile, and then I learn it.

There’s an approach I studied three years ago: it is the lexical approach

This method consists to speak a few terms together and then the student is bringing to discover the grammar inside and I think it is very good.

Sometimes I teach the language at my students: I pull together the wall with the language. The wall is made up with the bricks and the lime (building material) as well the language! The language is made up the lexicon / dictionary and the syntax that is the lime. The syntax, as the lime, keep together the words, but we don’t see. In fact, in the language the order of the terms is the syntax.
(my document pdf below is available and free on line)
The methods I know are: the “classical” method that I discovered at ten years old; the “direct” method that find the importance of conversation; the “sound or verbal” method that consists to hear for a long time only English language; the method so called “humanistic and emotional” in which it is important the sum of the words and not the single word..; the modern standard method that is the communicative method and, at the end, the eclectically approach in which the teacher adapts the method at every student.
WHAT GRAMMAR TOPICS DO YOU FEEL YOU SHOULD STUDY AND PRACTICE MORE?
I should like to learn a few of terms, to allow me to speak in every event.

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Monica Stramaccia

1) IS IT ESSENTIANL TO STUDY AND LEARN ENGLISH GRAMMAR? EXPLAIN

Grammar is the foundation for communication. When a message is relayed with the correct grammar, it is easier to understand the purpose and meaning of that message. In order to communicate, a learner should know the grammar of the language.

2) WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO LEARN GRAMMAR?

There are different ways to learn grammar: one way is to read a lot of books in English.

Reading helps you to improve your knowledge and shows you how language works.

Another way is to listening people talk and also watching television helps or learning it as a subject. This means studying every single part of the speech.

However there isn't a best way to learn grammar, every student will choose his personal method.

3) WHAT GRAMMAR TOPICS DO YOU FEEL YOU SHOULD STUDY AND PRACTICE MORE?

I would like to study and improve the phrasal verbs, modals and conditionals.

I think that if I am not able to speak and write correctly, the communication will not be efficient and people couldn't find easy to understand clearly what I want to express.

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Does grammar matter? - Andreea S. Calude

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IS IT ESSENTIANL TO STUDY AND LEARN ENGLISH GRAMMAR? EXPLAIN

Grammar is very important to understand a new language, since all languages follow grammatical patterns.

If communication involves several grammatical errors, the meaning can be easily confused.

Then, if we want to communicate clearly and properly, the grammar skills are essential.

Using correct grammar is important, for example, when you speak English.

If you use incorrect tenses or word forms, it could be very confusing for the person you are speaking to.

And the same could be when you write a letter or a novel that you want someone else to read and understand.

WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO LEARN GRAMMAR?

There are different ways to learn English grammar.

One of these is to learn it as a subject. This means learning the parts of speech, from “noun” and “verb” and so on.

The second is learning to use it in speaking and writing, and another one is doing several language activities without focusing so directly on the rules.

There are many videos and other resources on line that can help you to learn without too much difficulty.

So there isn’t a best way to learn grammar, every student will choose his way to learn grammar.

WHAT GRAMMAR TOPICS DO YOU FEEL YOU SHOULD STUDY AND PRACTICE MORE?

I would improve verb tenses, conditional sentences and modal verbs. I would like to improve my writing abilities. I think that if I’m not able to write, speak and listen to English better than I can do it, at the moment, I won’t be able to teach it to my students.

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In our technologically changing world, does grammar still even matter?

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My short work about    grammar learning

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TASK 1: WHY GRAMMAR

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Grammar is like the glue that holds the words of an utterance together. It’s essential to learn it well.

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Hello!I'm Pierluigi, a student of IUL University.In this short video, I will explain why I consider important the knowledge and the study of English grammarSome people think that correct English grammar matters only to teachers and is of no real importance in daily life. This is certainly not true.Grammar is the system of a language.

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What is the best way to learn grammar? Unfortunately, there is no easy answer to the question. There are differrent opinions . I think grammar is the rules of language at the same as a game. To learn a second language it's possible by natural method .

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The best way to learning English grammar

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The best way to learning English grammar

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the study and synthesis

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After reading what was recommended, I made a summary,  first with "Emaze" and then with the application specified. (De Simone Emilia)

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Why Grammar? Is it essential to study and learn english grammar?

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Here are 5 tips on how to make grammar learning easier and more effective:
1. Make a connection with other languages, preferably your native: notice the similarities with your native language grammar or other languages you are familiar with.
2. Read lots of books and watch many films in your target language; make sure the films are undubbed, with high-quality subtitles.
3. Do grammar exercises.
4. Learn the irregular verbs: all languages have them and some of those verbs are very important (e.g. be, have) for the language structure and its grammar.
5. If you find it boring, skip it

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MONICA DUCOLI         IS IT ESSENTIANL TO STUDY AND LEARN ENGLISH GRAMMAR?

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MONICA DUCOLI         IS IT ESSENTIANL TO STUDY AND LEARN ENGLISH GRAMMAR?

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Yes. All people need to communicate with others. It's important do it   correctly.
2. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO LEARN GRAMMAR?
Learn English it's an amazing adventure. We can use different activities like video, song, game. When people have fun can learn more and more.
3. WHAT GRAMMAR TOPICS DO YOU FEEL YOU SHOULD STUDY AND PRACTICE MORE?
I should study and practise verbs like modals, conditional and the present perfect.

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In this video I responded by explaining to me what is the best way to learn English grammar.

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Why do we learn Grammar?

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Hello!I'm Pierluigi, a student of IUL University.In this short video, I will explain why I consider important the knowledge and the study of English grammarSome people think that correct English grammar matters only to teachers and is of no real importance in daily life. This is certainly not true.Grammar is the system of a language.

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by Maria Rosaria Iannone

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I think...
I guess the most important thing is to be able to communicate.
The catch is that to communicate you need to know grammar. As soon as there is a subject and a verb in a sentence there's grammar.
So it's not a question of whether grammar is important or not because you have to learn it anyway. The question is how you learn it?
This is link my padlet: https://padlet.com/luciapp64/englishgrammar

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WHY DO WE HAVE TO LEARN GRAMMAR ?

I think the reason many people hate grammar is that they have bad experiences from learning a foreign language in school.

Grammar is a set of rules that explains how to use a language.

When we learn our mother tongue, we first spend a lot of time listening.

Little by little, by listening, mimicking others, and correcting our mistakes, we become fluent in the language.

It important to respect  the stages of learning a language.

Learners need everyday English for real life situations.

So to wrap this up, I want to repeat that grammar is important, but it’s not the most important part of the language.

IN YOUR OPINION WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO LEARN ENGLISH GRAMMAR?

When studying grammar, you also need a balance between theory and practice. You need to understand the rules, but you also need to spend time practicing them and using them.

For example, studying rules, reading about grammar, or doing simple exercises, these are theoretical ways to study.

Making your own sentences using a grammar point, doing more complicated exercises, or using a grammar point in a conversation or written English are practical ways to practice grammar.

You need to understand the theory, how do you make it, and how it’s used. You also need to practice both the form and the function of the grammar point by doing exercises, by speaking, by writing, by correcting your mistakes, and so on.

If you have difficulties with a grammar point, think about your mistakes.

Are you making mistakes with the form, with the function, or with both?

This can help you to study more effectively and correct your mistakes.

WHAT GRAMMAR TOPICS DO YOU FEEL YOU SHOULD STUDY AND PRACTICE MORE?

I must study verbs, tenses and English pronunciation. Pronunciation is important for speaking and listening.