Creating video content in the target language — essays, presentations, tutorials — is a powerful way to practice multiple skills in a single activity. Not just hitting record and talking for 10 minutes (although that can be useful too), but actually planning and creating a video.
You don't need to actually publish your video for it to be excellent practice!
Video creation exercises nearly every language skill simultaneously:
It also forces sustained output. A 10-minute video requires WAY more than 10 minutes of recording (usually a few hours), which builds stamina and automaticity in a way that short conversational exchanges don't.
The first place to start is with monologuing and writing, if you haven't done much of that before. As you get more comfortable, you can start to write longer texts, more in the style of an article.
Then, you can tweak it to be more like a video or start a new topic. You should also schedule tutoring sessions and review your text with a native to make sure you're getting your ideas across the way you want.
That's a lot of work! But incredibly powerful. Once you have a script to the point where you're more or less happy with it, you should start to read it aloud (many times) and work on the delivery before setting up your phone (or camera) to record.
Editing can be done with an app like CapCut, iMovie, DaVinci Resolve or KdenLive. It does NOT need to be pretty! You can add as much or as little.
When it's done, if you want to share it, platforms like YouTube or social media work. If you want to share it, but not as widely, you can upload to YouTube as an unlisted video and share the link in the Refold community. We would LOVE to see it!
But you don't need to share it. The value is in the creation process itself.
Here's Ben's example (with subtitles) that he did in Czech:
Video creation is introduced as an optional activity in Phase 6 and becomes more important in Phase 7. It's particularly useful for discovering vocabulary gaps (Phase 6B) — when you try to explain something and can't find the right word, you've found a gap to fill.