Lights, Camera, Action:
Video Projects for Every Language Learner
Martha E. Davis
mdavis@nvcc.edu
Northern Virginia Community College
We remember
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10% of what we read
20% of what we hear
30% of what we see
50% of what we see and hear
70% of what we say
90% of what we say and do
- Edgar Dale
SPA 102 Student Survey Results
• The video project provides students with an
opportunity to express themselves creatively.
– “Scripts can be whatever we want: crazy, funny,
straight-forward, whatever.”
– “You get to be someone else, without having
someone judge you.”
– “This is a great, amazing, wonderful, special activity
that really homes in on the creativity and originality of
the students that compose these pieces.”
– “The video projects allow students to really get
interested in learning more about the language.”
Survey Results (cont’d.)
• My participation in the video project has
strengthened my knowledge of Hispanic
cultures.
– “In doing this project, I have been forced into a
role where I have to know what I’m talking about.
It’s like an immersion because in having to take on
a Latin character, you are forced to become
someone who speaks Spanish well.”
Survey Results (cont’d.)
• The video project provides students with a
meaningful experience.
– “I think it allows us to observe our own development
with the language since we have begun the class, to
see if we have really learned the new material that we
have been given.”
– “Out of all my years of taking Spanish, I can honestly
say I’ve gained more experience in dealing with the
video. I would strongly encourage other instructors to
look more into this for their classes.”
“I would prefer to do a traditional oral
presentation without video.”
Yes
No
“I would prefer to choose the
members of my video group project.”
Yes
No
Una vida secreta
“De dentro hacia afuera” de Cajas de cartón por
Francisco Jiménez (SPA 202)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuDpSl4rS
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(El aguinaldo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU1Spqy
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Una gira de campus
SPA 201 Advice Show
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBYL7Sfit
mE&index=18&list=LLTwY088BD9ZjA7cZxdfT4
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“P-O-L-L-O” (SPA102)
QVC: El oso polar (SPA101)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THxbHgYM2o (5:25)
Other Possible Video Topics
• Interview with “Celebrity” or Immigrant
• Reality Show: Cooking or Travel Channels
• Newscast with weather forecast, movie and/or
restaurant review, sports highlights, gossip
• Storytelling, Theater, Poetry Reading
• Music Video
Instructor
• Survey students’ experience, interests, skills
and resources.
• Assign groups based on survey.
• Provide guidelines and rubrics.
• Reserve rooms for filming.
Survey of Technology
Do you have any prior experience filming and editing a video?
Yes No
If “yes,” please explain
_________________________________________________________________
Do you own or have access to a digital video camera that you could bring to class?
Yes No
– If “yes,” what kind of camera is it (e.g. Canon, iPad, etc.)?
_______________________________________________
Do you have a laptap that you could bring to class? Yes No
– If “yes,” what kind of laptop is it?
____________________________________________
On a scale of 1-5 (5 being the highest) please rate your abilities in the following areas:
Script writing 1
Editing
1
Acting
1
Leadership Skills
Technical Skills 1
2
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
2
3
4
4
4
3
4
5
5
5
4
5
5
Guidelines
• Length
• Grammar
– General: Subjunctive, Imperfect/Preterit
– Specific: “Se lo”, directions
• Vocabulary
– Use what you know
– Present new vocabulary
• Bloopers, Commercials
• Timeline with due dates
Production Timeline
• Brainstorming Topic
• Writing and Revising Script (or as
composition assignment)
• Filming
• Editing
• Screening for class
– Comment Sheets
– Award voting: best actor, actress and video
Self and Peer Evaluation
• 1) How satisfied are you with your group’s
project? In what areas did your group do
especially well, and in what areas did it
struggle?
• 2) As an individual, how satisfied are you with
your contribution to the project? What do you
think you did well, and what could you have
done better?
Self and Peer Evaluation
Your Name:
Member 1:
Member 2:
Member 3:
Total
Intellectual
Contributions
100%
Creative
Contributions
100%
Staging
Contributions
100%
Managerial
Contributions
100%
Time
Contributions
100%
Ratings (on a
scale of 0-10)
n/a
Grading Rubric
• Individual Components:
– Delivery 20%
– Quality of language 20%
– Vocabulary 15%
• Group Components:
– Peer/Self Evaluation 20%
– Content 15%
– Staging 10%
Questions? Comments?
Contact me at
mdavis@nvcc.edu