TED-talk video materials as pre-task authentic input¶

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q1 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description¶

The experimental group's main materials were "some supplementary video files extracted from TED conferences, to which students were exposed before doing the task". Videos were selected according to students' level and the content or spoken genre of each task, using criteria that they be relevant to students' background knowledge and culture, authentic representations of real-life spoken discourse including fillers, hesitation markers, fixed expressions, ellipsis and vague language, and amenable to analysis for raising awareness of spoken discourse features.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

Videos must be relevant to students' background knowledge and culture, authentic, and suitable for close analysis

Constraints¶

Selected from TED talks according to the students' level and the genre tackled by each task

Target Learners¶

first-year university ESL students

Learning Goals¶

awareness of spoken discourse characteristics
speaking sub-skills

Claims¶

Students reported that analysing authentic TED talks was motivating and that self/peer evaluation of their video-recorded speaking tasks helped them overcome anxiety and track their progress [+W]

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

Mohammad Mohammadipour & Sabariah MD Rashid. (2015). The Impact of Task-Based Instruction Program on Fostering ESL Learners' Speaking Ability: A Cognitive Approach. Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.6n.2p.113

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`title`	`TED-talk video materials as pre-task authentic input`
`description`	`The experimental group's main materials were "some supplementary video files extracted from TED conferences, to which students were exposed before doing the task".`
`status`	`review`
`generated`	by `process:settle-candidates` on `2026-11-02`
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`sources`	1 — `mohammad-mohammadipour-sabariah-md-rashid-2015`

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