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Jul 8, 2024 · In short (pun intended), there’s no reason not to use a short film in your lessons from time to time. In this blog post, I’ve selected 15+ great short films for students about totally different topics and created ready-to-use lesson examples for each one of them.
Discover over 15 excellent short films for students, complete with lesson plans focusing on social-emotional learning (SEL). Explore engaging classroom activities and events with Hyphennation Events and Activities. Find creative, humorous, and thought-provoking short films to enhance your teaching methods.
- The Mirror. The Mirror is a short film by Ramon and Pedro which tells the story of a boy’s journey from childhood to old age. It works very well for getting students speaking, writing and using vocabulary related to age, face, body, mood and actions.
- The Notebook. The notebook is a moving short film by Greg Gray and is wonderful for introducing the theme of empathy. It can be used to get students to learn and practise vocabulary related to household chores.
- The Present. The Present is a gripping short film with a wonderful twist by Jacob Frey which deals with the themes of empathy, teenagers and disability.
- Soar. Soar is a delightful short film by Alyce Tzue which can be used to get students to predict and write a narrative. You can watch the film below and find a full lesson plan here.
Feb 15, 2021 · Teaching theme using short films is an engaging, entertaining way to grab and hold students’ attention. Once you have students’ attention it makes it much easier to teach a lesson. I use film to teach students about theme.
Oct 21, 2014 · You can find 120 detailed lesson plans based on short films at Kieran’s website Film English. Learners can find a video zone on our LearnEnglish site. Teachers, visit our TeachingEnglish website for more lesson plans and activities, and find out how you can become a TeachingEnglish blogger.
The answer is quite simple: I’ve watched literally thousands of short films and developed an instinct for the type of engaging and simple short films which will work in the ELT classroom. In this article I’d like to share what for me are the seven best short films for the language classroom.
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Through the medium of short films, selected in partnership with the British Council, each lesson contains a downloadable PowerPoint Presentation which includes embedded film clips and an accompanying activity outline document with pupil-facing activity sheets.
