Second+Article+Reflection

//**Mualla ACAR**//

//**"The article is about the use of video as an audio-visual material in foreign language teaching classroom. There are several reasons for using videos in foreign language teaching classroom.**//
===//**Videos are authentic materials. They present the language without having any teaching purpose using the authentic sources of non-ELT materials produced for the native speakers such as cartoons, documentaries, news etc. They present the target language naturally. Videos as audio-visual materials are good for stimulating and facilitating the learning of a foreign language. If a teacher uses videos at the right time and in the right place, videos will contribute to language learning.**//=== ===//**Language learning is a complex and difficult process. Videos help the learners in this process by providing visual clues to support their understanding. They bring a wide range of communicative situations into the class so that the learners can see formal and informal situations. They are rich and valuable resources. Sometimes two minutes of video can provide an hour of classroom work. They reflect the culture and way of life of the target language. Students can learn values, beliefs of the people of the country.**//=== ===//**In my teaching career I will use videos. Students like learning language through the use of videos. Because they are interesting, motivating and stimulating. Videos bring the real world into the classroom and enable learners to experience authentic language in contextualisation. The learner can also concentrate in detail on visual clues to meaning such as facial expression, dress, gesture, posture and on details of the environment. They are enjoyable and something different for the students apart from the coursebooks. They enable students to practice what they have learned through various tecniques such as active viewing, freeze framing and prediction, silent viewing, sound on and vision off activity, repetition and role-play etc. They are different and enjoyable materials for students apart from the course books. While using videos, quality of the sound and vision should be ideal. Also, teacher should be well trained on using videos."**//===