This ELT lesson plan is designed around a short video by the BBC in which small children talk about how they are different from their best friends. In the lesson students describe how they are different from their best friends, … Continue reading
This ELT lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Taking Flight by Brandon Oldenberg for Mooonbot Studios and the themes of childhood games, grandparents and grandchildren. Students watch a short film, predict a story, retell a story, discuss … Continue reading
This ELT lesson plan is designed around a short film by 19-year old filmmaker Bethany titled My Earliest Childhood Memory, and, the theme of childhood memories. Students describe their earliest childhood memory and listen to other students describe theirs, watch … Continue reading
This ELT lesson plan is designed around a short film by Jonathan Langager for Disney and the theme of families. In the lesson students watch but don’t hear the start of a short film, decide what is happening and what … Continue reading
This EFL lesson is designed around a short film by Steven Furtick and the theme of mothers and children. Students speak about mothers and children, watch a short film and use adjectives and expressions to describe character. I would … Continue reading
This EFL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Why Bring a Child into this World? commissioned by Unilever, and directed by Oscar-winning director Errol Morris. The theme of the lesson is the question why we would bring … Continue reading
This EFL lesson plan is designed a short film called The Adventures of a Cardboard Box in which a small boy finds myriad of uses for a cardboard box and the theme of critical thinking (reasonable reflective thinking focused on deciding what … Continue reading
This EFL lesson is designed around an award-winning film called Apricot by Ben Briand and the subject of memories. Students describe and interpret photos, watch a short film and speak about childhood memories. I would ask all teachers who use Film English to … Continue reading