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Riba, Dalma: Using Video in the Classroom

RIBA „ BALM US INR VIOFO W IMF CLASSROOM The article is intended te introduce the idea of us^ng video as an effective aid in language teaching to the students of our Teachers' Training College and an attempt is made to clarify and illustrate the principles of this new field in ELT. Without claiming to tie all-inclusive, this paper tries to offer an outline of how to make use of vieo in the course of college English studies and thus enable trainee teachers at our college to adapt the new medium so that they should tie able to adapt what, they see to suit their circumstances and needs of their own students later in their teaching careers. As more and more schools in Hungary possess videos and the necessarysoftware is also available, it is important that trainee teachers become competent with the machinery, preparation and special techniques tin? medium requires, I think video exploitation techniques should be introduced as part of the methodology classes. It. is not only mere description and theory but demonstration and practice that would make video-based lessons more productive. In other words, relevant video materials and the availability of the hardware are essential in get ting students used to video. The introduction of video in any institution of education depends on the following three factors

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) necessary equ i pmen t (iii) suitable planning carried out by well prepared and purposeful teachers It is generally understood that video requires a particular set of hardware, which consists of a VCR, a monitor or TV, and a camera might additionally belong to it