On 12/4/12 I taught my video class at CIES. I created a multi level listening / culture lesson for the students. Luckily, with help, I was able to have 4 students in my class. The topic was the Beatles song "When I'm 64". To start the class, I played a short video on the history of the Beatles just for some background. The students let me know what level worksheet they would prefer, beginner, intermediate or advanced. On the worksheets were lyrics of the song. Beginning students had the full set of lyrics. Intermediate students had blanks to fill in with a word bank. Advanced students didn't have the word bank. We watched the YouTube of "when I'm 64" few times, the students worked in pairs to discuss the song and the vocabulary. Also on the worksheets were matching games with odd phrases, like what it means to be handy, etc. we completed these verbally as a class. We also discuss any other idioms in the song, as well as vocabulary. I had a list of questions for the remainder of the class in relation to the meaning of the song. For example, "what's the average age of retirement in your country?" "what do you want to accomplish by the time you're 64?", etc.
All in all, it was a fun class. My only regret was not taking better notes for class. I forgot to turn the camera on and pass out evaluation for the class at the end of the period. I also wish I had created an outline of highlighted points I wanted to share. I missed some important discussion questions, as they were embedded deep in my lesson plan. :) this was great practice, and reminded me that I made a good choice when I enrolled in this course.
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