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How to do something activity In the how to do something activity, first of all the teacher lists some number and near them he writes some titles for example, how to boil an egg, of how to get Money from atm or how to mail a letter, and then the teacher shows a video to students where the things are shown how to do things in the context of the language, then the teacher mutes the sound and makes students narrate the activity while the video is playing. I think that this is a very enjoying activity and it is also authentic because the situations are real life situations. The students would both enjoy it and also benefit from it by learning new vocabulary items. This activity is applicable in turkey and the teacher could use this at the end of the classes in the preferred activity time.

http://teachingrecipes.com/2012/05/05/how-to-do-something/


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 * BY TUĞÇE NUR BOZKURT**

//Firstly, I thank Fatih for sharing this technique with us. It is a creative and enjoyable activity which can be used by teenagers or adult learners effectively. It is a really good idea to use authentic video clip for the activity by this way the learners can feel themselves as if they are really boiling an egg and even giving a recipe for this. By using visuals from real life is succeeding to create a context itself. // //I like the idea that the narrations and the videos continue at the same time, this adds some challenge to the activity and also learners can have a nice time while trying to catch up with the video clip and they can use different vocabulary items to express themselves. This is really good for acquiring new vocabulary items. I think attention must be paid to the appropriateness of the level of the students for the difficulties of the titles, because some of the learners cannot find anything to say if they do not know any vocabulary items related to this topic. //