УДК 372.881.1 THE PECULIARITIES OF USING TED TALKS MATERIALS IN ESL CLASSROOMS

DOI : https://doi.org/10.51706/2707-3076-2020-2-7

Keywords: authentic materials, TED Talks materials, educational activities, listening skills, speaking skills, English class

Abstract

This article presents TED Talks materials as an educational tool of teaching English in secondary and higher educational institutions. The authors describe such advantages of TED Talks materials as their authenticity, availability, variety, utility, user-friendly usability of the website with the materials, and existence of scripts for each video. The authors prove that TED Talks materials are effective for developing students’ speaking skills and extending their vocabulary by describing the experience of conducting English classes with the use of TED Talks materials during the professional pedagogical practice, the results of which are also given in this article. After 34 English lessons with the use of TED Talks materials within the framework of the elective course «English for

Academic Purposes» for 8-11 grade pupils, the participants of the classes demonstrated better public speaking skills and could speak on different topics for more than 10 minutes without any visual aids.

Author Biographies

Anna N. Kalizhanova, Bolashaq Academy

Scientific researcher

Tatyana A. Pisareva, Bolashaq Academy

3-year student

Published
2024-03-02
Issue
No. 1(2) (2020): Науковий журнал Хортицької національної академії
Section
SECONDARY EDUCATION