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Video in the ClassroomMany educational institutions pay special attention to using video materials during class time. It?s not a secret that students highly concentrate their attention on video materials. Any lesson can be planned with short video rollicks and preserved in students? memory for a long time. There is lots of research promoting the use of video in the classroom as a helpful and a dynamic resource for supporting lesson plan. According to a teacher survey, more than 90 percent of teachers had successfully used video, and most teachers were using it frequently at least once per a week or more. So effectiveness of video materials have proved in many occasions. Many generations of teachers, who research the best methods of teaching foreign languages, thought how to energize and engage learners; to make class time the most effective; and it was proved that video is clearly an instructional medium which generates excitement. If a teacher uses sight and sound, it?s a perfect way for young and adult learners to reach the aims of educational process. Besides, video tapes, CDs are very easy to find at any book stores or it?s possible to use Internet resources for preparing effective materials. Also from psychological point of view, students can hear correct pronunciation of learning words, the sounds of animals; see the colorful animations or pictures. All those things will help students to get involved into atmosphere of english speaking countries. It will be possible and easier to introduce some holidays, festivals, cultural background than simply read about them in the class. How much easier it would be understand the diverse cultures of people who live in other areas of the world if you could encounter them in their own environments ? hearing their songs and observing their rituals. So using of video material is opened for teachers great opportunity and provides another sensory experience that gives us new concepts to be ?experience? and guide our students on adventures. It?s obvious that if a teacher is able to engage more students, the more interesting and effective lesson is; the more our english learners will have a great time and enjoy, learn and gain useful information from our lessons. The video material has ability to stop, start and rewind it can be invaluable. For example, if a teacher stops the video, students can discuss and predict the outcome of a demonstration, so it makes atmosphere in the class free and can break barrier and a student may start to speak english, or review or view a segment in slow motion can help a teacher to be sure that all given material was well understood and adapted. Recent research shows that the most effective way to use video as an enhancement to a new lesson or unit of study. The purpose of using video should relate with any other resource materials for teaching. For example, a video have to relate with a given topic and a teacher have to be prepared the use of video during class time; the correctly planned lesson with video material will be one of the mechanism to understand the learning topic and make that process very interesting for learners. Any teacher should use one golden rule; no video should be used until a teacher has previously been previewed.
