Videos, as instructional media, are very useful for skill learning. A learner may play it over and over again to better understand the content. But when used inside the classroom for quite a number of learners, the disadvantage of a video is that it has a fixed pace. All in all, it captures the interest of the learners because of its form. It can be a live video of a talking teacher or an animation such as this one example from youtube. The content of this instructional video is about teaching a child, probably at 4 years of age, on how to count from 1 to 10. The video's strategy is repetition. The numbers from one to ten is repeated for several times, displaying different objects corresponding to the number that is being narrated. The voice of the narrator is clear and the pace is just right. There is a pattern that is followed in each frame which is shown. In videos like this, it is imperative to consider the cultural background of the child for it is much helpful to use objects or pictures of objects that are familiar to him or her. The objects may be something that the child has prior knowledge of so that it is easier for him or her to absorb the new information that is presented. The learner then will not dwell too much on deciphering the unfamiliar objects that he perceives first and concentrate more on the numbers and how to count.
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