Bombay TV (week 10)

 
This is the website source:http://www.grapheine.com/bombaytv/

Introduction

This website certainly makes language teaching and learning more realistic and fun. We watch Bollywood movies for fun but NOW we can also use them as a teaching and learning tool!This technology is suitable for all language teachers and students at higher levels beyond the age 16 and above.The website is about creating subtitles in the target language for Bollywood movie clips. The idea of this website is to encourage students to learn language in context . Students can structure short sentences or a text using their target language based on a  specific topic or task. This website also allows students to practice spoken language through dialogue creations that suits the  body language, intonation and interaction patterns of the characters  in a movie.Students can then email their movies to their teacher or friends.

  
References for the pictures arebombayTV2
Instruction

How do teachers and students explore this website? Don't worry there is a picture guide below:

I hope the picture guide will help teachers and students to explore this website.

Additionally there are some  example movies below:

References for the videos arebombayTV2

The advantages gained from using this website are:

1. teachers can vary their teaching methods
2. teachers can make English language learning more interesting
3. students will be more engaged in learning as it is more fun and enjoyable
4. students can learn language in a meaningful context
5. teachers can use this website as warmer before starting their lessons
6. teachers can use the movies to preview a text or activate students schemata about a topic
7. teachers can use this website for light activities or for fun
8. teachers can create a good movie as an example to introduce students to spoken language.
9. it can be and interesting and engaging homework activity for students
10. students can learn grammar, speech act, syntax and functions of language in a meaningful context.
11. students tend to learn language in a more free way
12. it develops students creativity in playing with language
13. students can practice their writing in a more free way
14. can insert humour in language learning as language learning is fun and natural 
15. teachers can encourage and students can practice digital story telling where students can use this tool to tell an invented or real life story.
16. students can practice creative writing
17. teachers can show how body language works in a real communication as body language reflects what the character  intents to speak.
18. students can also see the relation between body language and speaking in order to interpret the movie and create dialogues.

The disadvantages of us using this website are:

1. not all the video clips are appropriate for students and it needs a lot of filtration
2.  its requires computer facilities and not all classrooms are inserted with computers.
3.  students may tend to use inappropriate language while doing a video.

Recommendation

Teachers can use this website as a warmer before starting their lesson. Teachers can also create a good example movie to provide a  specific context for students in using the language. Teachers can also use this website as students homework task since they can sent an email personally to their teachers. Teachers can also introduce the element of body language in understanding and interpreting language while speaking. On the other hand students can use this website to play with language as in learning the syntax,grammar,speech act and functions of language in a meaningful way.

JUST FOR FUN ! A VIDEO OF FAMOUS BOLLYWOOD ACTORS AND ACTRESSES !

Selfmadevideo:Referencesourceforthevideo:BombayTV2