Heard about "Film English" site?
Oh, you have to try it. Today!
http://film-english.com/
Through graded, short videos you will find a series of activities to develop, reinforce or improve your English.
If you are a teacher, great! You will find a lot of activities to work with and your students? They will be happy. Believe me.
Have a look. For instance you choose to work with the video
"Touchable memories"
Step 1 For homework in the previous class ask students to choice a photograph which is important to them and brings back positive memories. They should bring the photographs to the following class.
Step 2 Pair your students and ask them to show their partner their photo, and explain what memories it brings back to them.
Step 3 Hold a plenary session on the memories brought back by the photos.
Step 4 Put your students into small groups and ask them to discuss the following questions: How could a blind person “see” a photo? How could a photo bring back memories to a blind person?
Step 5 Show your students the photo below. Tell them that the five people in the photo are
Step 6
Tell your students they are going to watch a short
film in which they will see the five people in the
photo. As they watch the film they should make
notes about each person. Tell them that the film
is in English, but also in Italian, Spanish and
Arabic with subtitles in English.
Show the film until 02:16
Link: https://vimeo.com/109041102
Step 8 Ask the following questions about each person: What memories does he/she talk about? What image does he/she refer to? Step 9 Write the following sentence which Daniella (the woman in the centre of the image above) says:
“If I could touch the picture, I could make it tangible again:”
Ask the students to discuss what they think Daniella means.
Step 10 Tell the students they are going to watch the rest of the film. As they watch their task is to answer the following questions: How do the blind people “see” the image for the first time? How do the people react when they “see” the photo for the first time? Why is the film called Touchable Memories?
Step 11 Get feedback from the students.
Step 12 Show the whole film and ask the students to describe how it makes them feel.
Step 13 Put the students into small groups and ask them to think of different uses of 3D printers which could improve the quality of blind people’s lives.
Step 14 Hold a plenary session on uses of 3D printers to improve blind people’s lives.
Step 15 Now show these two videos which show uses of 3D printers in South Kore and Japan to improve the lives of young blind people. Ask your students if they thought of any of the uses and how the videos make them feel.
Link: http://bit.ly/1BEwxMR
Link: http://bit.ly/1xOHlLg
Homework Ask your students to imagine that they are one of the blind people in the short film. They should write about their emotions and memories when they "see" their photo for the first time. I hope you enjoy the lesson.
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