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Watching the Video

1 Viewing of the complete episode: • Pre-tasks (Before you watch) • Watch the whole episode • Post-tasks (After you watch)	A Close Shave Episode 5 Before You Watch / Section 1
It is generally best to let students see the whole episode initially. If you are using the video at higher levels, you might choose to exploit it section by section without this initial global viewing.

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The episode is then divided into sections (usually four) for detailed exploitation. Each section consists of:

Watch the whole episode again.

It’s most important to let students watch the whole episode again, so that they can feel how much their comprehension has increased as a result of the exploitation tasks. This may be followed by a post task.

If you simply follow the activities suggested, you will have a thorough exploitation of the materials. If you have more time with video, you can add some of the activities suggested under Teaching with video: some techniques.

Transfer. The exercises and transfer will provide another one to two lessons of work based on the story of each episode. The Exercises are related to the story of the video, but can be done after the initial exploitation, without access to video equipment. If time is short, the Exercises page can be done as homework. 1 First there is a Memory exercise to review the content of the episode. 2 This is followed by a Test yourself section which students should self-correct by reading the transcripts. This encourages students to use the transcripts in an active manner. 3 One or two structural exercises usually come third. 4 Finally there is an exercise on sounds / spelling. Optionally, you can replay the video to check these exercises if equipment is available.

A Close Shave Episode 4 Transfer

Exercises

Often, we set up a simple information gap by asking students to Change Partners after an initial paired question and answer session. They then ask and answer about their previous partners. Structurally, this means shifting from 1st and 2nd person work (I, you) to third person work (she, he). Communicatively, it means asking questions where they genuinely do not know the answer. One student has information to share with her or his partner.

A Close Shave Episode 2 Excercises

Vocabulary		Grammar
This section can be used at any time during work on a particular video for reference, or later as further exercises with a vocabulary bias. There are cross-references to Vocabulary where relevant. A Close Shave Episode 2 Vocabulary pages		A complete language summary of each video for reference. There are cross-references to grammar throughout the exploitation sequences. A Close Shave Episode 5 Grammar

Transcripts We recommend that these should not be used in class, but in our experience the great majority of students wish to have a transcript to which they can refer AFTER the lesson. We have found that students make copious notes and add translations to transcripts of videos, and this is usually done at home, on their own. Such extra work can only be advantageous, even though most experienced video teachers would opt strongly for discouraging their use before viewing. They are encouraged to use the Transcripts to check the Test Yourself section in Exercises.

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A Close Shave Episode 3 Transcript