Using videos in classroom helps to motivate students and encourage them to talk in class. There is a number of sites from which the teacher can choose a video. One of these sites is Teacher Tube
I have chosen a video from this website about Marco Polo the famous traveler who had his journey through the silk road. This video is very suitable to be used in classrooms because it is less than six minutes long what ensures enough time for the teacher to repeat the video for the student to watch more carefully and discuss it with them. It is suitable for students in the intermediate school who have a previous knowledge of English. The teacher can start the lesson by introducing the new vocabulary. After watching the video, the teacher can engage the students into a group discussion by asking few questions about the video.
Thus, this video helps students to improve their listening skills while linking the linguistic information with the visual information in addition to the speaking skills which are improved through the discussion. Also there is the historical information that they can get by understanding the video.
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