[etni] Using TV and Radio Programs

From: <davidsk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:56:09 +0300 (IDT)
Hi All!

This is my first time posting here.  One of these days I may 
get around to adding my two cents about the literature and 
HOTS but the thread about tv programs was something I thought 
I could contribute.

Dudu Topaz was a great English teacher!  The series was 
called "Everymans English" sponsored by  The Open University 
and came with booklets.  There was an introduction to the 
grammer topic taught by Dudu Topaz in a combination of Hebrew 
and English and then a small film and then exercises.  The 
film came from a BBC series that they were still selling in 
the 70-80s for about L400.  I had a number of the booklets 
and video cassettes and still use them.  I changed them over 
to DVD about two years ago and still use them in classes that 
are appropriate.  The technical quality leaves something to 
be desired but the kids watch it and do the exercises.

Those old timers among you may remember an article I wrote in 
the English Teachers' Journal 20 years ago (August 1989)
called "The Shadow, The Lone Ranger and You" which was about 
how I used old radio shows from the States for both 
vocabulary building and listening comprehension.  I was 
working almost exclusively with "teunei tepuach" kids at the 
time.  Eventually I made a number of those radio programs 
into computer programs and have been using them successfully 
in the classroom.  I did the same thing with some old tv 
programs such as the Lone Ranger and even StarTrek. One can 
pick up all sorts of DVDs cheap and make a vocabulary lesson 
around them  as a preparation to viewing.  I found in one 
store 2 DVDs of old (color)Superman cartoons from the 1940s 
which I remembered seeing on tv as a kid.  There isn't much 
to lose for 10 shekels.  I used it at the end of the year to 
keep the kids' interest up.  Used with very weak classes it 
was quite successful.  There wasn't much dialog but that that 
there was short enough to stop and ask question to make the 
kids look for keywords and there are headlines from the Daily 
Planet.  Each story was about 7 minutes long and the action 
kept the interest of the weakest kids who couldn't follow the 
dialog or headlines.  A little improvisation goes a long way.

I teach in a yeshiva and we start secular studies tomorrow.  
If anyone is interested in the ideas floated here I would be 
more than happy to go into detail.

A successful and educational year to all,

David Skolnick
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