Students : K-12, Adults/ Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Learning Objectives: Student will be able to apply festival greetings to show wishes to their families, friends and...

随着科技在教学中的应用越来越广泛，视频也在中文课堂中被广泛使用。观看视频给学生提供了一个真实的语言环境，加深了学生对文化情境的直观感受。但是，如果学生只是单纯观看视频，而没有活动设置，往往不能达到视频在语言学习中的预期效果。笔者在此就如何设计与视频相关的课堂任务，给出活动步骤的一个样本，希望广大老师能作为参考并灵活应用。 1. 预习 (老师可以介绍视频涉及的话题，或者播放视频但静音) Warm up (preview the video without audio)。 让学生预测10个视频中会出现的中文单词（如果学生无法写出中文单词，可用英文代替，目的是让学生预测视频内容，有目的性地观看视频 ）。 学生将自己写出的10个词与同桌交换，让对方写出英文/中文对应的意思。 2. 第一遍观看 First-time Video Review 在预测单词中，圈出你在视频中听到的单词。 标出每一个词出现的次数。 把你在视频中听到的其他词列出来。 3. 第二遍观看 Second-time...

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