Aim: To agree or disagree about a Global Topic “A Global Topic is defined as a topic that all students worldwide learn and understand to identify issues and problems in the world, and to critically think about presenting solutions”
Method: Is to write an opinion of a video; learn to understand the video content and give your opinion
Procedure: watch a video, take notes of the key vocabulary / expressions / and, to identify the main points
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Video Watch the video two times and follow the steps below. There are two steps.
Step 1: First, watch the video with no subtitles, and try and understand the content – what is the topic about? Do not take notes at this stage, just listen.
Skill exercise:
- Listen for the main points in the video
- Remember key words or phrases
Step 2: Watch the video a second time with English subtitles and follow the skill exercise.
Skill exercise:
- Write keywords or phrases – also called topic vocabulary or specialised vocabulary
- Identify the main points – write them
- Identify the support sentences explaining the main points