TED : The vital application for solving students problem in listening?

TED is a good website for students who are lacking in their listening skill. This webpage facilitates students with a lot of interesting topics, such as technology, science, education, etc. The mission of TED is to celebrate the ideas of teachers and students around the world. To gain a massive effect on teachers, TED allows the teacher to make their interactive lessons with their original animated videos. TED talks are a great way to improve students' knowledge. Students can get information not just from specific topics but they can also collect any information from a huge diversity of topics, directly from TED. Improving critical thinking is also the one of advantages of TED. By watching the video, students think about both different sides and summarize them. This makes students state the facts on the specific topic and board their perspectives on the pros and cons based on the video. Students or teachers also can access TED without paying money to watch animated videos. Lastly, the main disadvantage is the length of every video. Students may have some problems understanding the video because of their pace to comprehend the material in the specific video. For instance, student A can understand the material if the video has a short duration. On the other hand, student B might understand the material if the video has a long duration. To solve this problem teacher may divide the students who have different characteristics into the group. The one is for students who like a short duration and the other one is for those who like a long duration of the video.

In brief, TED is good for students on many levels. This platform can improve their listening skills and make learning more engaging. The teacher can present TED in the classroom and ask students to show their opinion based on the video. The students may give some examples from the beginning until the end of the video. So that they can improve their critical thinking.