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Film English Club

Are You Living an Insta Lie?

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Are You Living an Insta Lie? and the theme of social media. Students learn vocabulary related to social media, talk about Instagram, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short film, perform a roleplay and reflect on the lesson.

Arrival

A 70-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-winning film Arrival starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker and Michael Stuhlbarg for English language students who want to learn English through watching films. The guide will help students improve their English vocabulary, listening comprehension, pronunciation and speaking.

As Good as It Gets

A 41-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-winning film As Good as It Gets starring Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunts for English language students who want to learn English through watching films. The guide will help students improve their English vocabulary, listening comprehension, pronunciation and speaking.

Atonement

A 30-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-winning film Atonement starring Keira Knightley, James McAvoy and Saoirse Ronan for English language students who want to learn English through watching films. The guide will help students improve their English vocabulary, listening comprehension, pronunciation and speaking.

Barbie

A 75-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-winning film Barbie Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera and Kate McKinnon starring for English language students who want to learn English through watching films. The guide will help students improve their English vocabulary, listening comprehension, pronunciation and speaking.

Barcelona

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a time-lapse short film about Barcelona by Rob Whitworth and the theme of sightseeing. Students learn sightseeing vocabulary, talk about sightseeing, describe a city, watch a short video, discuss a short video, plan a sightseeing weekend, plan a video about their city and reflect on the lesson.

Be Happy

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Be Happy and the theme of happiness. Students write and talk about what makes them happy, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, discuss tips for being happy, analyse a short video, and reflect on the lesson.

Beautiful Moments

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Moments and the theme of important moments in life. Students discuss quotations about moments, watch a short film and recall the moments in the film, write and talk about important moments in their lives, analyse a short film, and reflect on the lesson.

Beauty Patch

This ESL lesson is designed around a short film titled Beauty Patch commissioned by Dove and the theme of beauty. Students practise using abstract nouns, describe their perfect partner, discuss beauty, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, read and discuss tweets on a short film, discuss a short film and reflect on the lesson.

Becoming

A 28-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Netflix documentary Becoming about the life of Michelle Obama for English language students who want to learn English through watching films. The guide will help students improve their English vocabulary, listening comprehension, pronunciation and speaking.

Becoming An American Citizen

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Becoming An American Citizen and the theme of citizenship. Students learn vocabulary related to citizenship, talk about citizenship, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write from the perspective of a character in a video and reflect on the lesson.

Before Midnight

An 63-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-nominated film Before Midnight starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy for English language students who want to learn English through watching films. The guide will help students improve their English vocabulary, listening comprehension, pronunciation and speaking.

Being a Good Listener

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Being a Good Listener and the themes of listening and paralinguistics. Students learn vocabulary related to being a good listener and paralinguistics, talk about being a good listener and paralinguistics, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short video, perform two roleplays and reflect on the lesson.

Being Kind

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Kindness Boomerang and the theme of kindness. Students learn vocabulary related to kindness, talk about kindness, read and discuss quotations about kindness, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short film, write kind things about their classmates and reflect on the lesson.

Belfast

A 65-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-winning film Belfast starring Caitríona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Colin Morgan and Jude Hill for English language students who want to learn English through watching films. The guide will help students improve their English vocabulary, listening comprehension, pronunciation and speaking.

Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey

A 37-page Extensive Viewing guide to the crime drama film Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey starring Katie Douglas, Rossif Sutherland and David James Elliott for English language students who want to learn English through watching films. The guide will help students improve their English vocabulary, listening comprehension, pronunciation and speaking.