Diapositiva 1

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Italian Army Language School
Briefing on
"Using Television News as the Basis for
Teaching English at Level 3"
BILC SEMINAR LATVIA 2004
Riga, 4 7 October 2004
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Scuola Lingue Estere dell'Esercito
BBC World
Using TV news to create English language lesson
plans for members of the armed forces
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Why use video in the language classroom?
It's real...
It aids comprehension...
It aids communication...
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Why use CNN or BBC news items in the language
classroom?
They're interesting...
They're short...
They're topical...
They're recyclable...
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How do you choose an appropriate news item?
Something military, political, criminal,
medical...?
Something thought provoking and controversial...
Something timeless...
Talking heads...?
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Creating the lesson plan?
Part 1 Activities prior to watching the video
Part 2 Activities while watching the video
Part 3 Activities after watching the video
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Part 1 Activities prior to watching the video
Predicting
Discussing
Vocabulary work

• When she first opened her shop she had very few
  customers but after one year the shop is doing
  very well and she is running a thriving business.
• 2. The officers were making very little money
  until the Dept. of Defense decided to boost
  their salary.
• __________________________________________________
  ______________
• a) to raise or increase
• b) successful and healthy

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Part 2 Activities while watching the video
Getting the gist
According to this BBC news story, which of the
following four possibilities best expresses the
current status of Slobodan Milosevic one year
after the NATO bombing of Serbia. a) He is
under attack by other parties. b) He is still in
firm control of the country. c) He is stumbling
from one crisis to another. d) He is going to
lose the next election.
Listening for details
According to this BBC news story, one of the aims
of the NATO bombing campaign was to oust Slobodan
Milosevic. ? True ? False
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Part 3 Activities after watching the video
Cloze exercise
Well, this week marks a year since the West
embarked on a bombing _____________ against
Serbia. Although NATO leaders didnt
specifically set as an _____________ of the
campaign the ousting of President Milosevic, it
was certainly _____________ of a subtext. But
today hes not so much surviving as _____________
thriving, as our correspondent Jackie Rowland now
reports
Understanding the language
In the completed tapescript that you now have
before you, underline all the examples of the
present perfect and be prepared to explain why
the present perfect and NOT the simple past was
used in that instance.
Related tasks and activities
DEBATE
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DEBATE
TEAM A Based on Chapter 2, Article 2.7 of the
United Nations Charter, you will argue that the
UN has no legal right to intervene in the
internal affairs of sovereign member nations
even if there are human rights violations
occurring.
TEAM B Based on Chapter 7, Articles 34 37 of
the United Nations Charter, you will argue that
the UN has a legal right to intervene in the
internal affairs of sovereign member nations
especially when there are human rights violations
occurring.
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Scuola Lingue Estere dell'Esercito
BBC World
Do you have any questions ?