Flipped Videos & Lesson Plans
Background: Videos were created for the intermediate level EAL undergraduate students in Kazakhstan. According to the program, by the end of one year course EAL students should know how to tell about culture of the target language population as well as their own culture. Another important aspect is English grammar. EAL students should recognize grammar patterns and correctly use them both in writing and oral speech. Videos about culture are focused on students' practice of related vocabulary and reading comprehension while grammar videos are aimed to explain the rules and give opportunity to put theory into practice. Integrated approach of teaching English as an additional language was used in all videos and lesson plans.
Technical Specifications: Office Mix, Sound Forge, GoAnimate, and MovieMaker. |
FLIPPED MODEL OF INSTRUCTION IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND
LANGUAGE CLASSROOM: A KAZAKHSTANI PERSPECTIVE
The purpose of this pilot study is to explore Kazakhstani students’ attitudes towards the ESL instructional videos to identify the features that are the most and least helpful for grammar, vocabulary, and listening skills acquisition. The analysis of students’ open-ended questionnaire and statistics from the Analytics section of the Office Mix platform has revealed that ESL students find instructional videos and exercises helpful for grammar, listening comprehension, vocabulary, and pronunciation enhancement. The videos also motivate them to learn English. Additionally, the amount of time spent for the flipped classroom preparation was less than the traditional classroom approach. In respect of technological features, the videos should support subtitles and fonts should be big enough to enable watching them on mobile phones. The instructional videos should offer different types of exercises, instant feedback, and more real-life examples. The background music should be removed from the instructional videos because it can disturb some of the students.
Keywords: Flipped learning, second language acquisition, TESOL.
Keywords: Flipped learning, second language acquisition, TESOL.
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Video 1: Nauryz Meiramy
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Video 2: The present Perfect Tense Part I
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Video 3: The Present Perfect Tense Part II
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Video 4: Great Britain Part I
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Video 5: Great Britain Part II
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