LESSON PLAN

English for Placement Purposes

Name of Teacher : Faculty name

Subject Code / Subject :U17ENP5201/ English for Placement Purposes

Course / Branch : All B.E / B.Tech Courses
Topics : Video Synthesizing
Duration : 55 Minutes

I. Objective:

 To understand the significance of video synthesizing in the Corporate

 To synthesize the given video which is beyond summarizing

II. Planned Content:

 Prime Content/ Skill: Video Synthesizing

 Materials: Videos and Prepared Text
 Reference: - Mu Sigma Campus placement inputs

III. Procedure:

A. Ice Breaker: (Duration: 5 minutes)

Students are made to watch a short video and instructed to given their perception.

The significance of Video Synthesizing in Campus recruitments is elicited from the students
themselves through probing questions such as

 Why should companies ask the prospective candidates to synthesize a video?

 What are those skillsets that shall be gauged through this exercise?
 How will you evaluate a candidate based on his synthesis?

B. Acquisition: (Duration 20 minutes)

I. What is Video Synthesis?

In the video synthesis round, candidates are shown a video clip and they will have to write
their own synthesis of it in 4-5 sentences. The purpose of this round is to see the candidate’s
ability to make sense of the data that he/she is presented with beyond just summarizing what
is shown.

II. What kind of videos are shown and what is expected of the candidates?

1. The video clip will be in English and mostly without subtitles.

2. The video will be played only once, hence rapt attention is warranted.
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3. Try to add your perspective on the scene. You don't necessarily have to agree or
support what is shown in the video. But if you are opposing the idea, do so with
strong points and you'll surely be noticed
4. Write crisp and short points and be as precise as possible, long sentences generally
show that your thoughts are not clear and are prone to rejection.
5. Try to add an original perspective to the events of the video as to why it could be
happening or what could be the impact, etc.

III. Difference between Summarizing and Synthesizing

Summarizing and synthesizing are two important reading comprehension strategies.

When readers summarize, they “identify key elements and condense important information
into their own words during and after reading to solidify meaning.” A simpler definition:
“Tell what’s important.” Many times, as students learn to summarize, their first attempts are a
collection of details, rather than the main ideas of the passage.

Synthesizing takes the process of summarizing one step further. Instead of just restating the
important points from text, synthesizing involves combining ideas and allowing an evolving
understanding of text. Synthesizing is defined as “[creating] original insights, perspectives,
and understandings by reflecting on text(s) and merging elements from text and existing
schema.” A simpler way of interpreting the term ‘synthesizing’ is to “Put pieces together to
see them in a new way.”

What does the Recruiter look for in a candidate through this exercise?

-understanding skills

-analysing skills

-language

-listening skills

A simple example:

If you are asked to synthesize the story about a crow dropping stones into a pot to drink
water, if you write, "Crows are smart", or "The crow dropped the stones into the pot to rise
the water level", you are merely summarizing.

Instead, you can probably write something like "To solve a seemingly difficult problem, an
out of the box solution can be quite simple". That could be a synthesis of the story. You
know, kind of like writing the moral of the story.

IV. A video is played and video-synthesis approach is explained.

C. Practice / Testing: (20 minutes)

2 short videos are played and students are instructed to present their synthesis in 5 sentences.
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D. De-briefing: (Duration: 10 minutes)

The Best of the Video Synthesis are projected and students are invited to read their synthesis
aloud and discussions are encouraged based on the synthesis of other students.