Grammar Teaching Video for a Flipped EFL Classroom.

 

Hello guys. Welcome again. Today I’m going to tell you about my new assignment called creating a grammar teaching video for a flipped EFL classroom.

The Flipped Classroom is a teaching method that reverses the traditional learning environment. In traditional classrooms, you learn the lesson in class (lecture) and do the practice at home (homework). But in flipped classroom, you learn the lesson at home (via videos/readings) and do the practice in class. The benefit is that class time is no wasted-on lectures anymore. Instead, 100% of class time is used for speaking, interaction, and using the language with the teacher's help. However, if students don't watch the video at home, they can't participate in the class activities.

For this assignment, we formed a group of three members: Adem Bozkurt, Ekrem Bakşara, and me. We were assigned to create a grammar teaching video for a flipped EFL classroom. Our task was to create grammar materials, explain them in a video, and then create a quiz to analyze whether students understood the lesson. Additionally, we designed a lesson plan based on the ASSURE model. In the video, we explained three important modal verbs (can, must, and have to) as well as their negative forms.

During the process, we first created the materials in Word format. My friend Ekrem and I were responsible for this part, while Adem wrote the lesson plan. After that, I created the quiz and activity. Everything was going well until we had to create the videos. We divided the recording into three parts, but the problem was finding the right tool. Initially, I tried PowToon, but I didn’t fully understand how to use it. Then, Adem advised me to use a tool called ScreenRec. It was very useful, and I used it to record my part, though I had to re-record it many times to make the video good enough.

Click here to see our works (video, Quiz and Lesson plan)