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 Listening Activity 2: Miss Congeniality

** (a) Name ** :   Miss Congeniality ** (b) ** **Website Link**:   [] ** Activity ** **Link** : [] The particular listening activity entails a video from a popular American movie “Miss Congeniality”. This activity gives students the chance to watch and listen to the video and then answer some related listening comprehension questions below the video. The video gives the opportunity to the teacher to pause it and rewind it if a student has a question. In my point of view, learning through  media (movies, music, etc.) is one of the best ways to learn a new language. The students through movies and TV show clips learn the language in a fun way. The movie clips practice and improve their listening skills and comprehension skills and help them to learn and practice English as spoken by natives. Also, by watching this trailer the students will learn correct English pronunciation.  ** (d) ** **Language Level**:  The language level of this particular activity will be most likely addressed, practiced and understood by students of C1-C2 level. The vocabulary is as if spoken by real native speakers. They use words and phrases for conversation that are used in real-life situations. ** (e) ** **Content**: Topic: Miss Congeniality Type: Video – based listening comprehension exercise (movie clip) Language Level: C1-C2 The content of the activity is educational and pleasurable. The thing that attracted me more to the activity is because the exercise is based on a well-known American movie. In my opinion, these kinds of activities are a great new way of learning English. Moreover, I was impressed by the great looking site which is also easy to navigate. The instructions concerning the exercise are very clear and easy to follow. First of all, the user must click on the video in order to watch and pay attention to it. When the user finishes with the listening part, s/he must answer the listening comprehension questions by clicking the right one. Finally, when the user answers the questions, s/he can check his/her results. (f) Evaluation:  ** In my opinion, the particular activity is appropriate to be used in a language class because by watching this video the student will learn English words and phrases that are used in real-life situations. Also, this activity will give them the opportunity to practice and improve their listening and comprehension skills. Moreover, the student will learn proper pronunciation and useful English language expressions as well as phrases for conversation. This kind of activities create a more enjoyable and friendly environment. Moreover, I realized that technology can be very useful in the teaching process because as we know students prefer the internet and the teachers must motivate their students and they must make them feel comfortable in the learning environment!
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