Video Journal

1. Class: 39 students of 2-4 in HSHS
2. Date: April 21, 2006
3. Textbook: Unicorn English II p/b BUNEIDO
4. Allotment: Part 3
5. Procedures

0:00-0:01 roll-call
0:01-0:04 review of the vocabulary with columns-and-rows
0:04-0:08 Chorus reading with read-and-lookup
0:08-0:11 grammatical explanation of the passage
0:11-0:14 Pair reading with read-and-lookup
0:14-0:19 Review by Question and Answer with columns-and-rows
0:19-0:20 Question and Answer time about the new part.
0:20-0:27 Translation with recasting
0:27-0:29 Pair reading
0:29-0:37 Explanation of part 3
0:37-0:41 pair-pair pararrel reading
0:41-0:45 questionnaire

6. Memo

  • Too much movement > looked nervous.
  • Too much gestures > annoying.
  • Too much fillers > hard to listen.
  • Too much talk in Japanese > not always necessary
  • Gesture : hands on waist
  • review QA : Japanese explanation necessary?