ExpoTV is only that sort of site. It has a collection of, by too large abode made, video clips made past times ordinary people, by too large from North America, talking close the products they convey bought. There is a huge collection of stuff hither on a whole attain of products from estimator accessories to clothing, brand up, cars, video games, children's toys too fifty-fifty trucks!
Here's an instance production review. This i is of i of my favourite products, Apple's i-pod touch
What I liked close the site
- The clips are reasonably curt too download quite quickly.
- It's gratuitous too you lot don't convey to register unless you lot desire to add together comments or upload your ain video.
- The site is rich amongst the kinds of linguistic communication too vocabulary that students detect quite useful inwards their 'real lives' particularly if they exercise convey to purchase things from websites or spell traveling inwards an English linguistic communication speaking country.
- The videos are made past times existent people hence the stuff is really authentic amongst a broad multifariousness of voices too accents.
- The site is good designed amongst a skillful search facility, hence it's tardily to detect the kinds of products you lot are looking for.
- There is a brief guideline on how to brand a skillful production review hither which students tin utilisation every bit a guide. Also some how to video clips that are handy.
- There is a bully potential hither for existent tasks every bit registered users tin submit their ain video reviews too fifty-fifty brand coin from them!! (I would go really careful close advising students to exercise this)
- There's an embed code for each video hence if you lot don't desire students wandering around the site, or if you lot desire to utilisation alone specific clips you lot tin choose handgrip of the embed code ( every bit I convey above) too only add together the clip to a blog, spider web page or tidings processing document.
How should nosotros utilisation this amongst students?
- Get students to picket videos of a type of production too determine which i they would purchase too why / which ones they wouldn't desire to buy.
- Get students to create their ain production video too include all the relevant data (this could go done really easily using anything they convey amongst them inwards shape from shoes to stationary, phones bags etc.) If your students don't convey access to a video camera, you lot could all the same teach them to exercise this for each other inwards shape every bit a sort of curt presentation. You could fifty-fifty enter competitive too encounter who tin best convince the shape to purchase their shoes or telephone etc.
- Get the students to picket iii or iv clips too brand notes of fundamental data close each product. They could hence percentage this data inwards minor groups too determine on the best product.
- Give pairs or minor groups of students a budget too a shopping listing too inquire them to select the best collection of products inside their budget. They should hence utilisation the production data to justify their choices.
- Ask the students to brand notes of fundamental tidings or phrases / judgement structures used when describing products
- Get some pictures of products too teach students to picket / heed to i clip too determine which production was beingness described.
- Prepare a listing of production features from a selection of videos, hence teach the students to picket the videos too jibe the features to the product.
- Give students a selection of clips to picket too inquire them to determine which was the best made clip. Ask them to determine why. (This is a skillful activeness to get-go amongst if you lot intend to teach students to brand their ain clips or presentations)
- Have a shape give-and-take close production review websites. Here's some possible give-and-take questions.
- Have you lot ever used a site similar this before?
- Do you lot recall the sites are useful?
- Do you lot know of whatever skillful sites similar this (in English linguistic communication or other languages)?
- Are the reviews unbiased?
- How much confidence exercise they convey inwards such sites?
- Why exercise people add together videos to sites similar these?
- How exercise the sites brand their money?
- Why exercise they pay people to brand video clips?
- Would you lot brand a review of a bad product? Why / Why not?
- Students tin submit their ain videos too teach paid for them, but I would go really wary of encouraging this particularly for younger students. Be certain to protect your students privacy too personal data too cheque on whatever damage of utilisation earlier letting them register on this or whatever other website.
- The site carries a lot of advertising hence go wary of letting students click circular all over the place. It may good go ameliorate to create your ain page that alone uses the clips you lot convey selected embedded into the page (especially for younger students).
- Students should go aware of the fact that non all the data given inwards the video is necessarily correct. These are only amateur video makers giving their opinion.
On the whole I recall that sites similar this are a actually useful root of authentic materials, existent linguistic communication utilisation too authentic existent life tasks that tin go useful to students beyond the classroom.
there are some things to go wary of when using them, but on the whole I recall making students aware of the possible dangers, traps too pitfalls, is a valuable operate of their instruction inwards itself, hence I don't encounter this a argue non to utilisation these sites.
Well I promise you lot detect these tips useful, too delight exercise add together a comment if you lot convey whatever other ideas for using production review websites, or if you lot convey used them amongst your students.
Here's the URL of the site inwards instance you lot missed it: http://www.expotv.com
Best
Nik Peachey
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