English Yappr: Reading and listening practice using video

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Activity Description

English Yappr is a site with great possibilities. Videos are transcribed so you can read the words as you watch the video. You must register to view the free features. Other features such as translation have fees attached, but many things here are free

The activity to try with your class includes watching a free video and then having students summarize what they saw/read.

Preparation

• Preview the videos. Most are very short, less than three minutes.
• Select the ones you want to use with the students.(minimum of three) Print the Example Document 1, Summary sheet or send it to your students digitally.

How-To

1. Discuss summarization with students.
2. Watch the video together.
3. Go over any vocabulary that might be difficult.
4. Outline the basic parts of a summary, modeling them in a paragraph to summarize the clip. Use the Example Document Summary Sheet
5. Watch a second clip. Assign student pairs to write a summary.
6. Share the summaries with the class.
7. Assign a third clip for students to watch alone and write up the summary.

Teacher Tips

• Accessing the Web site may be difficult for the students. You can e-mail the link to the students to speed up the process.
• For students to access the clips on their own they will need to register at the site. Registration is free.

More Ways

This is a good site to help your struggling readers be able to participate with higher skilled readers. They can read the transcript as many times as they like.

Program Areas

• ABE: Adult Basic Education

Levels

• Low
• Intermediate
• High
• All Levels

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