Reading 2

There seems to be many advantages to showing video in the classroom; it is a little concerning there doesn't seem to be concrete research to back this up. When deciding on a video to show, I do think it needs to be short, appropriate for the student's language level and have an educational purpose. I did wonder however, how to address the fact of "what benefits one group of learners may actually hinder the performance of another". When I think of the visual pictures I use in the classroom to help students making meaning, a suitable video would offer so much more as it gives them the opportunity to put language into context as well as it offers them a glimpse into the culture. Thankfully, there are more opportunities to find an appropriate video to show compared to a decade ago.