Family

This ESL lesson is designed around a short film and the theme of mothers and children. Students learn vocabulary to describe character, describe their personality, speak about mothers and children, watch a short film, discuss a short film, describe their mothers and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Albert and Aidan Sykes, and the themes of family and racism. In the lesson students do a dictation, predict the answer to questions, listen to an interview, answer comprehension questions, watch two short videos, and speak about the videos.

A 27-page Extensive Viewing guide to the family drama Oscar-winning film American Beauty starring Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening 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.

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.

A 36-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-nominated film Captain Fantastic starring starring Viggo Mortensen, Frank Langella, and Kathryn Hahn 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.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled A Storybook Surprise and the themes of family and fathers. Students learn vocabulary related to family, talk about family and fathers, watch a short video, predict the end of a short film, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write from the perspective of a person in a short video and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled How are families around the world the same and different? and the themes of family and how families can be different and similar across cultures. Students learn vocabulary related to the concept of families around the world, discuss quotations about family, talk about family and the concept of families around the world, predict the content of a short video, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, analyse a short video, write about what they have learned from viewing a short video, develop critical thinking skills by exploring issues raised in a short video, read an article, answer comprehension questions, perform a roleplay, and reflect on the lesson.

A Collection of 6 Extensive Viewing Guides for family drama films.

• American Beauty
• Boyhood
• Manchester by the Sea
• Marriage Story
• The Descendants
• Wonder

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Father and Daughter and the theme of family relationships. Students learn vocabulary related to family relationships, talk about family relationships, predict the content of a short film, watch a short film, write a narrative, analyse a short film, and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson is designed around a short film by Matt Bieler which documents the true story of the relationship between a father and son. Students create and use binomials, write a narrative, listen to a short film and write down the transcript, watch a short film, discuss a short film, talk about family relationships, and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short video titled Gabe and Chris Lópe by Story Corps and the themes of gender and transgender children. Students practise vocabulary starting with the prefix ‘trans’, discuss questions about gender and transgender children, watch a short video, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short video and reflect on the lesson.

This ESL lesson is designed around a beautiful and poignant short film by Luiz Lafayette Stockler. Students describe a grandparent, talk about grandparents, watch a short film, answer comprehension questions, discuss a short film, write a description of a grandparent and reflect on the lesson.

A 28-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-nominated film If Beale Street Could Speak starring KiKi Layne and Stephan James 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.

This ESL lesson plan is designed around a short film called Inseparable by Nick White and the theme of relationships. Students practise using prefixes, predict a story, watch a short film, write down two short conversations and write a narrative.

A 50-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-nominated film King Richard starring Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Saniyya Sidney and Demi Singleton 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.

A 47-page Extensive Viewing guide to the Oscar-nominated film Lady Bird starring Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf and Tracy Letts 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.