Silent Movie--Let's Guess!

Silent Movie is a great idea and in-class activity for teacher to use in speaking and listening class. I have experienced this activity in one mini-lesson that one of my classmates gave to us in my first semester. She first divided us into two group with the first group watch the silent movie and the second group sat with their back to the screen. After watching the movie clip, the students in the first group went to the find one partner in the second group and retold the movie that they watched. After they finish the retelling, the students in the second group were asked to repeat what they heard from their partners. At last, we all watched the movie clip with sound to verify our description. We really enjoyed the activity and found it can help students to open the mouth to say something.

The whole activity involves guessing, explanation, interpretation, listening and speaking ability. Students should try to use the right adjectives and verbs to describe the people and situation and the other students should try to understand his/her partner regardless the mistakes and possible mispronunciation.
Sure will try to use it in my future class.