VIDEOS



===Along with visuals and music, videos are a great way to test students listening and comprehension skills. Comprehension doesn't necessarily have to deal with reading, it can also deal with listening skills. Videos are an excellent way to see students skills. Videos are also nice for students to watch because it is a change from the usual scenery in class. Movies are entertaining but can definitely be used in schools for educational purposes not just something to put on because theres nothing to do in class. Theres never such a thing as nothing to do in class. And if you do have time and pop in a movie, pop in a worksheet to go with it as well or play a game with it. Included is two activities to use in the classroom if using movies in your classroom.===

=__**Listening Skills**__= One great way to see if students are comprehending and using their listening skills through videos is by exercising their minds. show a simple video clip or short movie wit different situations and new unfamiliar words to ESL students. Students learn to understand and speak another language through listening. The videos don't have to be something that was just released. IT can be an educational movie or a movie that went along with a book being read in class. There can be questions given before the movie, during the movie, and after the movie. IT is a nice idea because kids can be focused and entertained as well as learn new words through listening and watching the actions that go along with it.

=**__Movie Riddles__**= To start off the activity, tell your students that you are thinking of a movie. Give details as to what character was in the movie, the setting and plot. Have students as k questions as well so that you can answer them. That will help them with thinking of higher order questions. Once a student figures it out they are next to think of a movie and describe it in their own way. This will go on so that everyone has an opportunity to describe a movie. I created this activity because it helps with speaking skills, presentation skills and being able to use vocabulary skills to describe a character, setting and plot of a movie. This is also a fun way to get students to learn how to speak in front of the lass with less pressure and anxiety.