Learning vocabulary through video based lessons

Learning vocabulary through video based lessons .

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• Level: Intermediate
• Age: 8 th graders
• Skill s : Listening, Speaking, Writing.
• Time: 40 min

• Objectives: to enlarge students’ vocabulary, related to the topic.

• To improve students listening and speaking skills.
• To help students to be aware of the Marine Animal Rescue program.

Rescued Gray Seal Released Back to the Ocean .

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Pre-viewing tasks:

• Express your opinion: What will the video be about?

• Answer the questions:

• Have you ever been to an animal hospital? What does it look like?
• What is the difference between animal and human hospitals?
• Should we help animals? Why?
• Have you ever helped an animal in distress?
• How can we help an animal? What can we do for them?

Let us watch the video

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=9fB7kcCwKSw

While viewing task. Try to answer the questions:

• Where was the gray seal found? When?
• What happened to the gray seal?
• Who picks up the animal?
• What was the nickname of the gray seal?
• Why was the seal transported to the National Aquarium?
• How much time did he spend in there?
• What was he treated with? Why?
• Was the procedure successful?
• Why does the gray seal have a satellite transmitter on its back?
• When was he returned back to the ocean?

Let us watch the video once again.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=9fB7kcCwKSw

Post viewing task Match the nouns with adjectives

• gray
• broken
• orthopedic
• natural
• veterinary
• a respiratory
• satellite
• successful

• staff
• procedure
• pneumonia
• transmission
• environment.
• surgeon
• jaw
• seal

Fill in the blanks using the following words and expressions.

• gray seal, natural environment, the transmitter, nicknamed "Guinness," to a broken lower jaw, National Aquarium's Marine Animal Rescue Program.

1 This seal -------- stranded on the beach of North Carolina, on March 17, 2011

2 Upon admission, the seal was underweight, severely dehydrated, mildly emaciated, and medically compromised due -----------------

3 This gray seal, -------------was admitted to the ------------------------------------------

• On June 24, a healthy Guinness was returned to Ocean City for release back to his -------------.
• ----------------allows us to track and monitor the animal post-release, and will help scientists to understand the migration and feeding patterns of these animals. 

Discussion and debating.

• What responsibilities do people have for animals?
• Why does it matter if animals go extinct?
• Some people think that killing animals so that you can wear animal fur is wrong. Some think that is OK. What do you think?

Good luck!

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