Step two: Watch the first 10 seconds of the video. What challenge were they completing?
Step three: Make your predictions – were they successful or unsuccessful?
Step four: What was the outcome?
Step five: Watch the video again and note down any vocabulary you thought was interesting.
Step six: work with a partner and create your own challenge.
Final words
Of course there are many other authentic text examples, reading materials and multimedia content you can try with your learners. You might want to teach online English with podcasts, TV or radio interviews, clips or trailers from movies, and even ads or posters.
One of the best ways to introduce this type of content is to ask your students to find it! Ask them to find an interesting video, article, poster, advertisement or other piece of content that they would like to explore in class.
Tell them to send it to you well in advance of the lesson, so you have time to prepare your activities.
We hope this has sparked some ideas for your next class and has inspired you to try teaching with authentic materials in your own lessons. If you found this advice helpful, you might also like to read The ultimate dos and don’t guide to teaching kids online.
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