Measures of Dispersion and Variability: Range, QD, AD and SD
Using Videos to Increase Student Engagement and Create Cultural Authenticity in the Classroom
1. Using Videos to Increase
Student Engagement and
Create Cultural Authenticity
in the Classroom
Ping Wu
wpwnsyx@gmail.com
2. Background Information
K-12 Independent School
Around 180-200 students in US
Chinese is offered in Form VIII as a quarter class and full-year class in US
Around 35 students are currently taking Chinese in US (class size: 4-13)
Block schedule, 80 minutes per class, meet students every other day; 97 hours
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5. How do I organize my teaching resources?
https://www.blendspace.com/pingwu
http://www.slideshare.net/WuPing
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7. Reasons to Use Videos
• To increase the amount of Chinese input
(linguistic and cultural);
• To engage students with the animated and
visually-attractive content of videos;
• To teach more than just Chinese
language, such as life lessons (e.g.,
resilience, caring, inclusiveness,
etc.).
8. Videos as Instructional Resources
1. To introduce vocabulary and grammar.
Example: Key vocabulary: 跟……不一样
9. Video: 潘婷广告 You Can Shine
http://goo.gl/NkTbVH
Homework : http://imgur.com/a/X0v0Q
Video Narration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIw_iK8lSyY
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11. 2. To serve as prompts for writing
assignments.
Example:
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y18W66gj
BHA
Assignment: Create the narrations for a parallel
story. You must use these words/phrases in
your scripts: 跟……一样/不一样;比;会;
虽然……但是;难过;生气;因 为……
所以;可是/但是;觉得;的时候;教;找;
真的;对……说;常常;飞;嘲笑;需要;
14. Discussion questions for class:
a.西安有什么美食?
b.为什么Biangbiang面叫Biangbiang面?
c. Biang的汉字怎么写?
d. 陕西人怎么吃Biangbiang面?
e.电视里的女孩子介绍了什么西安的好吃的
东西(美食)?如果你要介绍哥伦布的美食,
你会介绍什么?美食都可以在哪儿买到?
18. 4. To be used for student homework.
1st Example:
中国人的早点
http://ed.ted.com/on/0ysKNOCU#watch
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22. 2nd Example:
Grammar lessons via videos: “Happy Chinese”,
“Yoyo Chinese”, “Learn Chinese with Fiona”
and “Weekly Chinese Words with Yinru.”
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24. 5. To introduce cultural similarities and
differences.
Hint: Having students discover these things
themselves works better than telling them.
1st Example:
Visiting Friends in Taiwan 进门换拖鞋
http://goo.gl/c5lbdj
你请客还是AA制
http://goo.gl/t4IlDP
26. 2nd Example:
Dining Etiquette 给长辈让座和夹菜
http://blnds.co/1i7XrUU
Discover the dining etiquette through a Kahoot
game with videos:
https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/27d091ba-6d9b-4d88-
8c3d-7e8c63bdaf57
现场演示
31. Tools for Videos
1. http://www.yes-chinese.com/zh-cn/resource/
2. http://www.textivate.com/# (paid access)
3. https://cavo.osu.edu/ for vocabulary analysis and comprehension
check
4. http://clear.msu.edu/teaching/online/ria/#RIAs
5. www.lingtlanguage.com (audio function does not work well; use
only for reading and typing practice)
6. http://www.memrise.com/home/ for characters practice
7. www.quizlet.com for in-class games and self-study
8. www.jeopardylabs.com for review sessions
9. www.kahoot.com game-style group learning
10. See the complete list and some application ideas at my
Blendspace.
36. Key Concepts
1. Cultural authenticity of videos
2. Language scaffolding (what to ask for based
on student levels)
3. Length of the video
4. Controlled environment (embedding is better
than links, or use http://safeshare.tv/)
5. Do more than just watching it (have students
do things about it, personalize the videos, etc.)
6. Use students to find more videos