From March 25th to May 20th, it was a privilege to teach 40 intelligent students at National Taichung Girls’ Senior High School (TCGS). Ben seized this opportunity to arrange a series of activities which may add some spice to their routine schedule. Specifically, four activities were involved—-alien invasion, lip sync, MV shooting, and singing.
II. Lip sync:
By definition, lip-sync is to move the lips silently in synchronization with a pre-recorded soundtrack. Practically speaking, it can be adapted into a creative speaking activity. In this way, learners may not only memorize the lyrics pretty well but also get themselves fully involved in the scenario created by the song itself.
1. Play the lip-sync sample video to motivate students and explain how lip-sync works.
2. Group students in twos and ask them to choose a song of their own.
3. Video the performance and upload it to a teaching platform.
4. Vote for the most entertaining videos and ask the winners to perform in person.
If students are too shy to do lip-sync, teachers may ask them either to pick an easier/slower song or focus on doing lip-sync and facial expressions. Students can grade one another in terms of lip-sync correctness, facial expressions, body languages, creativity, popularity, etc. In this case, low-achievers may have an incredible performance that makes teachers’ chins hit the floor. Hopefully, low-achievers’ motivation is highly-enhanced as a result. For advanced levels, English teachers can work with IT teachers to engage students in collaborative teaching and learning.
Sample lip-sync videos:
https://benology0317.wordpress.com/2013/11/03/lip-sync/
Lip sync–Mix (依霖/潔/思瑩/雅文/語庭/依廷@TCGS)
Lip sync–2012popdanthology (宜蓁/翊儒/亭誼/子函/子耘/季佳@TCGS)
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