1. Episode 2 from the Kumar videos resonated with me as I feel that I sometimes slip into broken English when conversing with friends. When watching the video, I realised that it sounds super awful when someone speaks in broken English. I must be mindful to keep my speech clear when speaking with my students.

One of the strategies for reading fluency is Reader’s Theatre. It is when students read off scripts aloud to build reading fluency. Instead of getting students to perform in it, I realised that when they watch videos of Reader’s Theatre performances, students would be able to pick up prosody from watching. As a scaffold, teachers or AED LBS may want to print out captions so that students will be able to follow the part of the video that they are watching.

2. I am saving the List of 74 Shmoop videos. In all honesty, I have not gone through ALL the videos, but from a number of the videos that I’ve watched, they are short and direct to the point. During my secondary school stint when I took on some students during my withdrawal sessions, many of them faced these basic problems in grammar. At that point in time, I could not really answer in depth. With this list on hand, I can easily use these videos to explain grammar rules. If needed, I would work on them further by capturing screenshots from these videos to compile them for my students to use as a visual support.

3. I've downloaded some suggested lesson plans from the All at C site as I find them fascinating and intriguing, and rather refreshing. I would probably execute them during my withdrawal lessons. Whilst the lesson plans provided are mostly for a bigger class setting, I can modify them to suit my profile of students.

I can see myself using the "A Very Merry Mistake" lesson for students with self esteem issues. By using this teaching video, I hope that students with SLI would realise that not only those with learning difficulties struggle with comprehension, but a neurotypical person would go through some issues with understanding and comprehension as the world is made up of many accents and pronunciation.

I will probably use the "Oddly Unsatisfying" video for students with ADHD or Autism to relate feelings into their school life/work. (eg. How do you think having an organised folder is satisfying?" or "What can be done when you don't feel satisfied after a certain incident happen") The vocabulary segment will work for students struggling with English.

For the lesson on "The boy and the piano", I will probably just use Step 10-11 of the lesson plan. I think the students will appreciate it if i inject abit of wackiness during withdrawal lessons. I can forsee my students will have lots of excited expressions and sharing of thoughts when I show them the wacky gift ideas!

For Primary school students, I will probably use the "Mini Burgers" lesson as children at that age enjoy toy unboxing videos. This lesson will push them to be creative in guessing the ingredients!

The "5 step lesson plan for any cooking video" will also come in handy for the days that i need a creative writing activity.

For a graduting student in a secondary school who struggles with social skills, I can see myself using "Employable Me" to further reiterate the importance of first impressions. During my stint, I had gone through withdrawal lessons on this topic. Having this video and lesson plan will enable me to explore this topic better.

4. Joseph Coencas gave 5 objectives on how watching movies can help students with SEN in a secondary school. As an AED T&L in a secondary school, I have seen how teachers made use of movies or video clips to teach their students, especially in History or Social Studies lesson. In those classes, the objectives of showing those videos were more to bring history to life, as usually in History, we learn about unfamiliar situations from the past.  As a form of differentiation, students who are visual and auditory learners would be able to retain information better through viewing the videos. 

However, during an English lesson, I realised that when teachers show the video, it met the objectives of Joseph Coencas more. By showing video clips during an English class, it: 

- Teaches students how to sharpen their seeing and listening skills. 

-  Encourage class discussions and written expression.

-  Motivate students to pursue subjects of interest they learn about from their viewing of a variety of movie

Another one of Joseph Coencas objectives was on how watching videos help to alleviate feelings of anxiety and inferiority. Students with SLI sometimes suffer from low self-esteem as a result of dealing with their learning difficulties. By receiving instructional information through the means of a video clip, students with SEN would be able to comprehend the visuals better than written text.

All of these objectives have demonstrated that using videos as a strategy may be beneficial when dealing with students with special needs. These resources provided for E-learning 4 made me feel that I have walked away with alot of wealth at my fingertips. But practicum time dunnnnooo lah see how 🤣

thank you for reading my grandmother story. I find NCS120 very tough for me, but i enjoyed this lesson alot. 🥰

As an AED(LBS), using videos or short stories such as Kumar’s Queen of Grammar skits can become a viable option for multisensory and explicit teaching for students with SEN that have language deficiencies. 

I can incorporate the episode on countable and uncountable nouns to compliment my pull out session. The video is short, informative and funny so it would have been very easy to be part of the pull out session and to supplement the learning for the day. The video will not only be entertaining but it can act as a visual reference to reinforce the concepts that were taught during the pullout session. 

We were always encouraged to take up a multisensory approach in our delivery method of teaching. Using these short videos will support us in our lesson delivery and generate interest in the subject matter because of the style of the videos.

 

The Shmoop videos are smartly produced with entertaining visuals which connect learning with real-life examples in its animation. It also captures the audience's attention with some sense of humor in the expressions of people and the different scenarios.  

 

Learning from videos (for teachers with lesson plans) has an element of innovation in the way the lessons are conducted. The step-by-step explicit teaching instructions and the choice of videos relating to a specific topic are great ways to transfer knowledge to the students and make it impressionable for them as they make relations to the video.

 

Learning English through movies gives live context to the words used, allows the students to experience different settings through visuals, and can also help them reflect and discuss the plot amongst themselves. Furthermore, with subtitles, viewers are able to read the words and relate the context as they watch the movie.  

 

I often believed that screen-time should be minimized for children as they can’t learn much academically from watching videos or movies but this E-learning module has given me a mindset shift that if we select the content diligently, students can benefit from this mode of learning. It boils down to the effort in scanning through suitable videos/movies that can capture the attention of our students especially our SEN students who may have a specific preference. 

 

The ideas shared in this e-learning have taught me the effective use of videos and movies to learn language and literacy. Having experienced it now,  I'm motivated to include this mode of learning, with careful selection of content into future intervention plans that will suit the students. 

I love this series the most. The videos are short and easy to understand, and it truly fits our local context very well. That reminds me of the speak good English campaign which I had in my Primary school days. My friends always caught me using Mandarin or poor grammar structure in my speech, and I would have to pay them with a coupon as a fine. That one month campaign, which was held school-wide, was my nightmare. Haha!!! Looking back, I think it was fun, and it had helped me in some ways to converse better in English. I will use the videos by Speak Good English Movement as one of the tools with my students. 

 

I must confess! Some of the videos in this list helped to correct the mistakes which I also made. I am glad I learnt and understand them now. That goes into my bookmark for teaching resources as well.

 

Wow! These lesson plans are very creative, from commercials to Christmas advertisements to music to documentaries. Everything around us could be put together and used as a lesson plan. I guess this is what we always say, make learning comes to life? 

 

I love watching movies, and yes, I usually watch them with subtitles to understand them better. Sometimes the actor/ actress speaks too fast for me to catch them, and the subtitles helped. I come from a Chinese and dialect speaking family, so my English is not that fluent. In my younger days, I struggled a lot when I watched our local Channel 5 dramas. It was only during my poly days when I started to speak more English. Now, technology has made it easier for me to look up the meanings of words that I do not know.

 

With all that said, I think lesson delivery must evolve and change to suit the needs of our learners. In this era where technology plays a very important part in our lives, using movies and videos to learn and teach English will help learners pick up the language faster. It will also leave a deep impression in them as they are very engaging and entertaining. I like and enjoyed it too! I would make use of these resources shared with my students in the future. I would also encourage them to read widely as that will help them expand their knowledge and vocabulary bank.

 

*PS: I have not watched all the movies listed on this page; I will be spending some time on them during the holidays.

Video modelling is an evidence-based strategy. Students can learn skills from video. Therefore, I think watching videos of different content is also beneficial for students. It can be played repeatedly, anytime at your own pace. 

Students with learning disabilities tend to be more engaged when watching video rather than having the teacher explaining with text. The image and audio in a video require lesser processing skills for students with special needs. There is lesser text and visual help in their learning. It is easier to understand, and they learn in a more relaxed mode.

The Queen of Grammar is very entertaining and catchy. It’s so funny and engaging. I think it applies to our students too. In order not to have too much screen time for our students, the duration of the video is also very important. A short video will have the optimal effect as children’s concentration span is short.

Shmoop short videos are very useful. Students can learn the correct uses of some English words and punctuation as well. I will definitely keep them as resources for future uses. It can be uses as introduction for some lesson.

Though videos are good resources, teachers must look through the video and decide the age appropriateness and difficulty level. Some videos may be good, but the English language may not be suitable for different ages. Teachers can use videos to teach different subjects and content.

These are some of the benefits of using videos in our sessions:

· The use of videos in lessons ensures that their sight and listening skills improve.

· The use of videos in lessons also motivates students to pursue subjects of interest they wish to learn about (watching a variety of movies). 

·  When compared to print materials alone, videos provide a more compelling sensory experience as they provide a reliable resource that can be accessed from any location with an internet connection. 

·  Videos also help us in knowledge retention as they can be stopped and replayed as many times.

·  Videos are the best to use for students who learn using visual aids or examples given.

·  Not only special needs students will benefit from using videos but other normal students will also learn something.

I will definitely use videos in the future as it engages my students and using them I will be able to make better rapport with them. Students tend to learn better with the use of speech and visual.

Movies helps in improving students’ comprehension skills by enabling them to listen to the conversations and watch the visual supports presented simultaneously. These visual cues support verbal message and provide a focus of attention. Students can also learn new vocabulary, pronunciation, context and conversation. However all this depends on the selection of the movies as not all movies will be beneficial for learning good English.

Good movies with a varied genre should be used to expose our students to different aspects of life. This will help to build their language proficiency as well as general knowledge.
I would definitely use videos in the future as my students can be better engaged using visuals instead of the traditional paper and pen.

I could use the movie trailer to introduce my lesson. Movies are a great resource to engage our SEN students as most of them enjoy watching Youtube videos in their free time. Based on my student learning profile and interest, I can choose the appropriate storyline and level of difficulty to learn English. This will make the learning task fun and interesting than reading the textbook. While watching the movie, our students are exposed to new vocabulary or grammar, and how to use and pronoun the words in the story. Using the subtitles in the movie will help our students recognize and remember words better.

 

I like the teacher’s lesson plan because the instructions are easy to understand and follow. The lesson plan uses pictures and videos to engage the students. Lesson plans are flexible and can be used in the classroom setting or via online platform. I can use the lesson plans as reference to improve my instructional skills.