Broadcasting Online
Web Tool:
Industry:
Safety Concerns and Language
“Safety Concerns and Language” is an activity utilizing www.vimeo.com where learners can share video resources they have created regarding safety in the workplace.
Outcomes:
The learner will be able to:
- Develop vocabulary and content knowledge related to safety in the oil/gas sector
- Example safety at the oil rig site
- Build oral fluency through creating a screencast or video based on safety
Preparation:
- Review vocabulary choice parameters
- Identify language for students to practice while engaging in the activity
- Develop list of research resources as they relate to safety in the oil/ gas sector
- Provide necessary (target) support language (pragmatics) learners can focus attention on providing feedback appropriately. For example, “I feel that your website 'X' is interesting”
- Giving and opinion; Summarizing point
Delivery:
- Warm-Up
- Introduce the Tool:
- Clarify participation expectations; grading criteria
- Introduce the Tool:
- Presentation
- Decide on purpose of video (e.g. Summary of safety issues at oil rig sites)
- Divide class into groups to work on each section of the video
- Do research on the content for the creation of the video
- Decide on how to present information, for example as in a debate
- Practice
- Review and Provide Feedback
- Do a practice run to an audience to receive constructive feedback; make revisions
- By breaking into groups to discuss the video, give your questions, share list of vocabulary words
- Production
- Create a set of questions/ answers based on the video
- Write a summary that recommends this video to the next class
The Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) skills addressed by this activity are:
- Listening
- Speaking
- Reading
- Writing