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A1 · culture · Cultures, customs, tradition & religion · video

Halloween for A1s: A Little English and a Little Suspense

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Planning a Halloween lesson for adult beginners is quite a challenge. They have plenty of ideas, but very little English to express them! This lesson combines Halloween vocabulary, an animated poem and a scary short film, with visual support to help students understand and enjoy the experience. Level: A1 — adult learnersMaterials: Downloadable worksheet, animated…… Continue reading Halloween for A1s: A Little English and a Little Suspense

A1 · Grammar · People, relationships & family · video

A1 Who Owns What? Learn English Possessive Adjectives

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A millionaire, his unimpressed wife and cats with rather ridiculous names. Welcome to a rather unusual introduction to possessive adjectives! This short animated video helps beginners practise English possessive adjectives through the possessions of a very wealthy household. For learners: Watch and listen. Who owns what? Watch again and see which possessive adjectives you can…… Continue reading A1 Who Owns What? Learn English Possessive Adjectives

C 2 · C2 · video

Creating Immersive Role-play Backgrounds: Stand-up Comedy

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Four Minutes to Make Them Laugh Strictly speaking, this is not a role-play background. The aim of the video is to set the scene for students to tell a long joke or an amusing anecdote. If you are planning to ask your students to recount something funny that happened to them or tell a prepared…… Continue reading Creating Immersive Role-play Backgrounds: Stand-up Comedy

C 2 · C2 · video

Creating Immersive Role-play Backgrounds: Deliver Your TED-Style Talk

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Strictly speaking, this is not a role-play background. The aim of the video is to set the scene for students to give a speech or talk. If you are planning to ask your students to speak about a topic they have prepared, this background brings a TED-style atmosphere into the classroom, complete with an audience…… Continue reading Creating Immersive Role-play Backgrounds: Deliver Your TED-Style Talk

A1 · A2 · B1 · C2 · Clothes, fashion & consumerism · sport, health and nutrition · video

Creating Immersive Role-play Backgrounds: At a Street Market

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This role-play background is suitable for speaking about shopping and eating habits, for example, where students usually shop and whether they ever visit local street markets. The inspiration for this video came from a lovely visit to Kingston upon Thames, where you can spend a relaxing day wandering around, sampling food from the local market…… Continue reading Creating Immersive Role-play Backgrounds: At a Street Market

A2 · B1 · C2 · sports, hobbies & interests · video

Creating Immersive Role-play Backgrounds: At a Sporting event

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This role-play background is suitable for speaking about sport, football, sporting events or football fans, to give just a few examples. In this four-minute video, students can simulate a conversation with a football supporter while experiencing the final four minutes before Spain wins the World Cup for the second time. Well done, Spain!!! How to…… Continue reading Creating Immersive Role-play Backgrounds: At a Sporting event

A2 · B1 · C2 · Natural world & environment · video

Creating Immersive Role-play Backgrounds: At the Zoo

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This role-play background is about zoos and yes, it is suitable for all levels going from A1s to C2. How to use How to use Give your students a prompt and ask them to write a short script. Then have them perform their role-play (or hold a debate) with their backs to the screen, facing…… Continue reading Creating Immersive Role-play Backgrounds: At the Zoo

A2 · B1 · Body, health & nutrition · C2 · sport, health and nutrition · video

Creating Immersive Role-play Backgrounds: The Waiting Room

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If you’re looking for a background for conversations related to health and medical care, you’ve just found it. This video shows a waiting room where some patients are waiting for their GP to call them in for their appointment. The aim is to create the experience of being in an actual waiting room while learners…… Continue reading Creating Immersive Role-play Backgrounds: The Waiting Room

B1 · video

Creating Immersive Role-play Backgrounds: Scary room

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Are you planning to get your students to speak about what frightens them or tell a scary anecdote? Here’s a background that could make the activity more engaging by transporting learners from the classroom to a scary and maybe, haunted house. How to use it You may have been teaching how to write stories or…… Continue reading Creating Immersive Role-play Backgrounds: Scary room

B1 · sports, hobbies & interests · video

Creating Immersive Role-play Backgrounds: At the Bookshop

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XqEdBvTpM0 Are you planning to get your students talking about books and reading habits? Here’s a background that could make the activity more engaging by transporting learners from the classroom to a beautiful old bookshop, with some relaxing music to help set the scene. How to use it At the end of a unit on…… Continue reading Creating Immersive Role-play Backgrounds: At the Bookshop