Using TED Talk as Teaching English
In a teaching-learning process, two very important elements are
teaching methods and instructional media. These two aspects are interrelated.
The selection of one particular teaching method will affect the appropriate
type of teaching medium, although there are still other aspects to be
considered in selecting the media, including teaching objectives, the type of
tasks and responses that students hope to master after teaching takes place,
and the learning context including the characteristics of the students.
Nevertheless, it can be said that one of the main functions of teaching media
is as a teaching tool that also influences climate, condition, and learning
environment arranged and created by the teacher. In addition, one of effective
media for teaching English is TED talk.
TED Conferences, LLC (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a media
organization which posts talks online for free distribution, under the slogan
"ideas worth spreading". TED was founded in February 1984 as a
conference, which has been held annually since 1990. TED's early emphasis was
technology and design, consistent with its Silicon Valley origins, but it has
since broadened its focus to include talks on many scientific, cultural, and
academic topics.
TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form
of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a
conference where Technology, Entertainment, and Design converged, and today
covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more
than 100 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events help share ideas
in communities around the world.
Teachers can use TED talk in their learning process. For instance,
when they teach exposition text in the first grade of Senior High School. The
steps are: first, teachers search the video which properly with the material
and download it. Second, they ask students for watching the video without using
the subtitle. Next, teachers give the text (from the subtitle of the video).
Then, teachers ask the student to answer the questions which are given by
teachers in the worksheet. Finally, teachers and students discuss the result in
the classroom.
In conclusion, TED talk is one of the effective media in teaching
English. We can use it to improve four English skills (reading, listening,
speaking, and writing) as we told before about teaching exposition text in the
first grade of Senior High School. We can modify it to be more attractive, as
Chinese proverb said that one thousand teachers, one thousand methods. It means
that not only teachers who influence the learning process, but also the using
media and method in the learning process will be developing the activity in the
classroom.
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