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GKD
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 Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:32 am Post subject: Recommended videos/series to use for Intermediate/FCE adults |
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I teach various classes of adults, most of them from B1 to First Certificate level. I would love to find a good range of videos (and possible already written questions so that the students can really analyse the videos and take some specific information out of them)
I am wasting lots of time on Youtube and BBC website to try and find interesting videos. Things that work are travel videos (normally city guides or festivals), clips from Friends and other series, and the BBC website for new stories.
But in order to create comprehension questions, it takes me a lot of time. If I could find a really good range of videos (my perfect idea is for a repeating series or something), I can just ask open questions and ask them to list some interesting vocab or grammar. I would like Students to watch the videos at home, and we can just talk about them in class.
Does anyone have any ideas? The students are all Spanish adults, and they all like American series (as does everyone here). |
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water rat
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There's the Follow Me series that was tremendously popular in Asia back in the 1970s and onward. I don't know if it's still relevant, but it could be nostalgic good fun. English hasn't changed so much since then, right?
http://english-courses-level.com/follow-me-english-courses |
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esl_prof
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adaruby
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 8:10 am Post subject: Re: Recommended videos/series to use for Intermediate/FCE ad |
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| GKD wrote: |
I teach various classes of adults, most of them from B1 to First Certificate level. I would love to find a good range of videos (and possible already written questions so that the students can really analyse the videos and take some specific information out of them)
I am wasting lots of time on Youtube and BBC website to try and find interesting videos. Things that work are travel videos (normally city guides or festivals), clips from Friends and other series, and the BBC website for new stories.
But in order to create comprehension questions, it takes me a lot of time. If I could find a really good range of videos (my perfect idea is for a repeating series or something), I can just ask open questions and ask them to list some interesting vocab or grammar. I would like Students to watch the videos at home, and we can just talk about them in class.
Does anyone have any ideas? The students are all Spanish adults, and they all like American series (as does everyone here). |
You should find what you need here: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/listen-and-watch
Have a click around the options and listen to the Elementary podcasts too. You'll probably find that some of the tasks are easily adaptable for B1 classes. |
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