Welcome to our Teacher Resources page

If you are an ELT teacher and are interested in using video more effectively in your classroom, we have some materials here to get you started.

First, we have a collection of videos and their accompanying worksheets for you to experiment with and practice. These videos are from an A2 level course and can give you a good base from which to start your journey using video constructively in the English language classroom.

Go ahead and take the plunge! These videos can be used daily for a mini course or weekly for a longer course.

To find out more about this particular course, please go here:

SMART English a2

by

Rebecca Robb Benne

&

Anna Whitcher

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Unit 1 Circus Sunrise

Life in the circus, with 14-year-old Antony on tour in Australia. His family, originally from Switzerland, has been in the circus for 400 years.

Video Worksheet

Unit 1 Genetics

A multi-national ESL class in a US high school discuss the fun side of genetics. Can you roll your tongue, or wiggle your ears?

Video Worksheet

Unit 2 A Danish school

A guided tour by the students of their unique school in Odense, Denmark. They have a cinema with seats from a real plane!

Video Worksheet

Unit 2 New River Academy

Student-created video from Chile about a day in the life of an outdoor kayaking school. They tour the world to find the best rivers for their sport.

Video Worksheet

Unit 3 Fight for Peace

Parallel youth clubs in Rio de Janeiro and London that teach martial arts as an alternative to violence and street crime.

Video Worksheet

Unit 3 Street art

A programme in Oakland, California, that helps young people channel their graffiti style into art that everyone can appreciate.

Video Worksheet

Unit 4 Camp Blaze

An official fire department training camp in Seattle, USA, for young women who want to become fire fighters.

Video Worksheet

Unit 4 London music

A taste of the contemporary music scene in London with interviews of the various players, including the artists, sound engineers, and an A&R manager.

Video Worksheet

Unit 5 The Tower of London

Dark histories of plots and revenge in the 1,000-year-old fortress in the centre of London.

Video Worksheet

Unit 5 Moods

A group of young people from a US high school talk about what makes them sad, happy, scared or nervous.

Video Worksheet

Unit 6 4Real

Interviews and performances with three San Francisco high school students who formed their own band to make hip hop music with a positive message.

Video Worksheet

Unit 6 Animation Camp

Students at Ex’pression College in California talk about their new ideas for animation, including the video game industry in the USA.

Video Worksheet

Unit 7 The world of fashion

Fashion stylist Cristina Aranda shows us the business of creating the latest styles and looks for London’s high-fashion magazines.

Video Worksheet

Unit 7 Garbage to art

Art from the San Francisco Dump? Interviews with two artists in the Recology Programme there. They talk about the process for turning other people’s garbage into art.

Video Worksheet

Unit 8 Summer camp

Summer fun and activities at a typical American summer camp, Camp Echol Lake, in the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York.

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Unit 8 Ecotourism

Sierra Gorda, a reserve in central Mexico that protects the environment and the animals that live there. Visitors can take classes, stay in eco-lodges and learn more about Green travel and protecting the environment.

Video Worksheet

Unit 9 Maker Faire

A new international trend for hobby inventors to get together and show off their incredible creations. We get a glimpse of the first one in Brighton, UK, and get to meet some of its makers.

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Unit 9 Phobias

Are you afraid of spiders, or snakes, heights, darkness, the dentist? Or maybe nothing frightens you? Find out what these US high school students have to say about their fears and phobias.

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Unit 10 Teen cook

Liliana loves to cook and shows us how to make her favourite dish. We get to see her in action in the kitchen as she creates a banana cream pie.

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Unit 10 Fifteen

Famous TV chef Jamie Oliver set up this London restaurant called Fifteen to help turn troubled teens into chefs. We hear from several apprentices in the programme about their experiences.

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Unit 11 Exams

This group of students at a state school in Nottingham, England, discuss their attitudes to exams – why they need them, and how they feel about them. Do they cause stress?

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Unit 11 A future designer

Talented Shireen is a high school student but she also makes her own jewelry and wire sculpture. Is it just a hobby, or is it something she will do for her future career?

Video Worksheet

Unit 12 Duke of Edinburgh’s Award

This popular scheme for UK students offers everything from litter-picking to music and mountain-climbing expeditions. Several students on the programme tell us about their experience doing skills and activities that lead to the Award.

Video Worksheet

Unit 12 Space camp

Want to be an astronaut? You can start with learning to be weightless or walk on the moon at this special camp in Alabama, USA. Campers tell us about what a typical week is like at this unique place.

Video Worksheet

For those of you interested in writing your own video activities for your classroom or for a publisher, you can purchase this book on how to do it.

Good luck and stay tuned for more materials on this page.

 

How to Write Film and Video Activities

by

Kieran Donaghy

&

Anna Whitcher

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This resource book provides essential guidance on how to choose exploitable video for the purposes of writing video activities for the ELT classroom by addressing syllabus fit, language level, length, relevance, and task potential.

“How to Write Film and Video Activities” forms part of the ELT Teacher2Writer training course, designed to help you write better ELT materials, either for publication, or simply to improve the quality of your self-produced classroom materials.