Using Multimedia in the Foreign Language Classroom | Page 51

While-viewing tasks
Task 3

7
min

Students watch the
story with the sound
turned off. They use
the
information
provided by the visual
channel in order to
complete an outline of
the story

Task 4

8
min

Task 5

5
min

Students watch the
video again, this time
with the sound turned
on. After viewing, they
are asked to fill in
some speech bubbles
using the words of the
characters.
The
pictures are taken from
the written version of
the story as it appears
in the student’s book
This is a split-watching
activity. Students work
in pairs. In each pair
one student watches
the video while the
other has his/ her back
turned round. The
video stops and the
students
who
are
watching are asked to
provide a description
of the picture to their
partners in order for
them to identify the
room being described.
After the completion of
two descriptions, the
students ch