About
Film English is a groundbreaking, award-winning website dedicated to providing high-quality teaching resources based on short videos and feature-length films. Created for English language teachers seeking fresh, contemporary materials, the site offers a wide range of Video Lesson Plans, Extensive Viewing Guides, and Film Study Worksheets designed to enrich the language classroom through authentic multimodal content.
With over 500 Video Lesson Plans and 200 Extensive Viewing Guides—and more added every month—Film English helps students develop key language skills in an engaging, modern context. The materials are built around carefully selected short videos and contemporary feature films, helping learners enhance their viewing, listening, speaking, reading, and writing abilities. In addition, each resource is structured to boost students’ vocabulary by encouraging active use of language directly inspired by the videos and films. The lessons explore practical, relevant themes often overlooked in standard ESL resources, ensuring learners are exposed to language and ideas that are meaningful in today’s world.
Teachers can access Film English content either by purchasing individual lessons or by subscribing for full access to the entire Film English Club library. One free lesson is also offered each month.
The driving force behind Film English is Kieran Donaghy, an internationally renowned expert in the use of film and video in language education. A prolific author, Kieran has written several influential books, including Film in Action (Delta Publishing) and Multimodal Literacy in ELT (Oxford University Press). His work bridges the fields of visual literacy, multimodality, and language pedagogy, and has shaped the way educators use audiovisual media in the classroom.
Kieran is the founder of the Image Conference, the only global event focused exclusively on the use of images in ELT, and co-founder of the Visual Arts Circle, a professional community of educators using visual arts in language teaching. He trains teachers both in-person in Barcelona and online through his institute, The School for Training. His innovative approach has earned numerous accolades, including the British Council ELTons Award, English-Speaking Union Award, and MEDEA Award.