Advantages of Using Video
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1 Fast Forward
The teacher presses the play button and then fast forwards the video so that the sequence shoots past silently and at great speed, taking only few seconds.
When it is over, the teacher can ask students what the extract was all about and whether they can guess the characters were saying.
2 Silent Viewing for language
The teacher plays the film extract at normal speed but without the sound. Students have to guess what the characters are saying. When they have done this,
the teacher plays it with sound so that they can check to see if they guessed correctly.
3 Freeze Frame
At any stage during a video sequence ‘freeze’ the picture stopping the participants dead in their tracks. This is extremely useful for asking the students
what they think will happen next or what a character will say next.
4 Partial Viewing
Use pieces of card to cover most of the screen, only leaving the edges on view. Alternatively, put little squares of paper all over the screen and remove
them one by one so that what is happening is only gradually revealed. A variation of partial viewing occurs when the teacher uses a large ‘divider’, placed at right
angles to the screen so that half of the class can only see one half of the screen, while the rest of the class can only see the other half. They then have to say what
they think the people in the other side saw. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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Regarding the videos in the material design, the writer chose videos according to the level of the students and the relevant topics from the guide book
to be used in classroom. Harmer 2007: 144 affirms if we make it too difficult or too easy, the students will not be motivated. If the content is irrelevant to the
students’ interests, it may fail to engage them. However, teacher might also use the techniques in operating the videos to develop the students’ comprehension of
learning target language from the videos.