Comprehending spoken and visual text

The World is your Home

Phase 4

Instructions:

• Watch the video clip.

• Answer the following questions in the space provided. Use your own words as much as possible.

• Dictionaries are not allowed to be used in this task.

• Answer the questions in English.

• You have …………….. minutes to complete this task.

Video clip: The world is your home. Look after it - Public Transport Campaign

Website: http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/multimedia/?ct=vid

Video search: The world is your home

Answer key:

1. In two sentences, ……………….. what the purpose and theme of the ……… are. How do you know?

(strand i) [2 points]

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

2. Who is the intended audience of this………………..? Why do you think so? (strand ii) [2]

Anyone who can choose between driving a car and taking public transportation.

3. What is the setting of the video clip? Explain. (strand ii) [2]

Some form of public transportation, most likely a train. Sounds, motion, people sitting together.

4.‘People should drive cars whenever possible.’ Support or oppose this statement, using examples
from

the text. (strand i) [2]

Oppose. The message of the video clip is that people should take public transportation whenever

possible: noise, smoke, and coughing at the beginning of clip when the man is driving; quiet, clean,

people sharing space when on the train.

5. Compare and contrast the sounds at the beginning of the clip with the sounds at the end. What do
they

represent? What effect do you think the creator was aiming for by using the sounds he or she used?

Support your answer with examples. (strand ii) [3]

At the beginning of the clip we hear traffic, honking horns, and coughing which represents congested

traffic and exhaust fumes associated with driving. At the end we just hear the subdued rhythm of
train

wheels suggesting a calm, orderly and clean environment.

6. The producer/creator has purposefully used green couches set against black and white in the clip.
Why

do you think he or she did this? What do the couches represent? (strand ii) [2]

The green couches represent home emphasizing the message that the world is your home. Even
though

the people in the clip are riding on a train, the green couches make it seem as though they are sitting
in

their own living rooms. The green also represents sustainability.

7. Give three reasons to support the author’s opinion of the video clip that public transportation is

beneficial to us (strand i) [3]

Examples from the clip include but are not limited to less air and noise pollution, less congestion, and

smaller carbon footprint.

8. What evidence or examples does the writer give to support his or her opinion? (strand iii) [3]

Answers will vary. Examples should be based on the text.

9. Would you recommend this video clip to someone else? Why? Why not? (strand iii) [2]

Answers will vary. Ideas should be based on the text.

10. Can you relate to the images presented? Are they familiar to you? If you were to create a video
clip

with the same message for young people, what images would you use? (strand iii) [3]

Answers will vary. Ideas should be based on the text.

Mark scheme:

Level of
achievement

Points

1 1-3

2 4-6

3 7-9

4 10-12

5 13-15

6 16-18

7 19-21

8 22-24