ELDI - Bijeenkomst 3 (SLABJ)

• ELDI
• HBO
• Studiejaar 2

VIRAL VIDEOS

What is a funny video

that you have seen in the past week?

What does going viral mean?

According to you,
what makes a video
go viral?

LESSON AIMS

At the end of this lesson you can:

... explain the term viral in your own words

... name three characteristics most viral videos have

... use the strategy listening for specific information (zoekend luisteren) to find out specific details regarding viral videos

LISTENING STRATEGIES

Listening for specific information (Zoekend luisteren):

• Specifically listen to something you are looking for (identify keywords)
  
  
• Use this strategy when you know what information you are looking for (e.g. you are trying to find the answer to a question)

LISTENING STRATEGIES

What would you focus on for the question below? When would you start listening specifically?

Q1. What are three characteristics (things) that make a video go viral?

1.  ______________________

2. ______________________

3. ______________________

For the other questions, please underline important words in the questions.

LISTENING EXERCISE

What:      Watch a video about viral videos and answer the questions

How:       On your own. The video is interactive and will stop when you need to answer a question

Time:      7 minutes

Help:       Your question paper, listening for specific details

Result:    You know what can make a video go viral

Done:      We talk about a video of our own that could go viral

01:06

Q1. What are three characteristics (things) that make a video go viral?

01:29

Q2. How many views has Bear Vasquez's movie had?

1. 2.3 million
2. 3.2 million
3. 23 million
4. 32 million

01:44

Q3. What were Vasquez's original intentions when he uploaded his video to YouTube?

1. becoming popular
2. sharing a beautiful rainbow
3. sharing a beautiful environment

02:08

What do tastemakers do?

1. Introduce us to new videos and bring them to a larger audience
2. Tweet about videos
3. Make videos go viral

02:50

Q5. On what day has Black’s video become so popular?

03:31

Q6. What happened in the first seven days after 'Friday' became popular?

1. the video got 100 million views
2. Tosh.0 showed the video in his show
3. people made parodies for every other day of the week

05:15

Q7. What does Kevin mean by ‘participation’?

1. the audience becomes a part of the phenomenon by spreading a video or doing something new with it
2. the audience watches the video on repeat, so that it becomes popular very rapidly and others also see it

05:38

What does Kevin mean by 'unexpectedness'?

1. Only unique things stand out and go viral
2. A video should be scary
3. A video should be funny

06:48

Q9. Who defines the popularity of a video?

1. famous people
2. YouTube's algorithm
3. the audience

OUR OWN VIRAL VIDEO

Does anyone have a video with an element of unexpectedness?

Does anyone have a video that makes it easy to participate?

Which tastemaker would you like your video to be picked up by?

CHECKING OUR GOALS

At the end of this lesson you can:

... explain the term viral in your own words

... name three characteristics most viral videos have

... use the strategy listening for specific information (zoekend luisteren) to find out specific details regarding viral videos

• (How) did underlining keywords help you while listening?
• What other words should you have underlined?