This lesson is designed around a beautiful short animated film called The Piano directed by Aidan Gibbons with a piece of music by Yann Tierson called Comptine d’un Autre été: l’après midi in which an old man reminisces about his life. Language level: Intermediate … Continue reading
This lesson is designed around a short film commissioned by John Lewis as their Christmas TV commercial. Students practice vocabulary related to journeys and Christmas, prepositions, song lyrics, speaking and writing. Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Advanced (C1) Learner … Continue reading
This lesson is designed around a short film called A Thousand Words by Ted Chung and the theme of images. Students practise speaking, writing and idiomatic expressions. Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Advanced (C1) Learner type: Teens and adults Time: 90 minutes Activity: … Continue reading
This lesson plan is designed around the original trailer for Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho is a masterpiece, one of the best trailers I’ve ever seen. In the trailer, which is a masterpiece, Hitchcock takes us on a tour of the film … Continue reading
This lesson is based around the theme of love and a simple poignant short film What is That? by Greek director Constantin Pilavios. Students discuss quotes about love and talk about different types of love. The short film is in Greek with English subtitles. … Continue reading
This lesson is designed around a short film called The Black Button by Dark Heart Productions and the themes of moral dilemmas. Students practise reading, reading and listening. Language level: Upper-intermediate (B2.1) – Advanced (C1) Learner type: Teens and … Continue reading
This lesson is designed around a short film clip from Avalon directed by Barry Levinson and an infographic titled The Advantages of Learning Languages by Kaplan . The lesson encourages students to overcome the difficulties of learning English and to … Continue reading
This lesson is designed around an inspiring short film by Ien Chi and the theme of life. Students practise speaking, writing and reading, and use the second and third conditionals. Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Advanced (C1) Learner type: Teens and adults … Continue reading
This lesson is designed around a short film by Vitùc called The Pleasure Of which captures a series of seemingly unremarkable moments in our life. Students talk about daily routines and pleasures, and watch a short film. Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper-intermediate (B2.1) Learner … Continue reading
This lesson is designed around a short film by Ruairí Robinson called Blinky and the theme of robots and technology. Students talk about robots and technology, and watch a short film and a TV commercial. Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Advanced (C1) Learner type: … Continue reading