Place a small fan somewhere near your monitor screen. Now turn it so it blows in your face. Put on your finest sunglasses and your best driving hat. We are going for a ride.

The idea behind the video on the left, is that too often, we are overcome, by the visual to the point of not being aware of the audio. I believe that the language instructor has to walk a tightrope balancing the learners desire for both audio and visual input in order to teach the finer points of language. So here, I have tried to force the viewer to pay little attention to the visual, and much greater attention to the audio. I’ve done so by creating a blurry repetitive video and an audio that requires one to listen very closely to hear the actual words of the song..

Finally, I have printed McCartney’s and Lennon’s lyrics in the text message of this post. That gives the listener and increased opportunity to focus on the words of the song without getting embroiled in the meaning of the video.

Elderbob