A funny story about a man and a rat.
7 Nov 2011
The man with beautiful eyes
22 Sept 2011
One Step Forward
Just a great short film. Could be used for speculation - stop the video at intervals and ask why? - or get students to relate the story of what happened as he is about to do at the beginning (or end?)
one step forward (award winning 48 hour film project) from ben crowell on Vimeo.
25 Aug 2011
23 Aug 2011
Moments
A thought-provoking video on the meaning of "a moment". Interesting discussion, perhaps. Lots of useful vocabulary.
5 Jul 2011
Airport
A great animation that shows one man's flight using symbols. No language so could be used to elicit/check vocab for airports/travel.
3 Jul 2011
Adventures of a cardboard box
A fun video that shows the power of children's imagination and the ability to "think outside the box". Could be used to focus on is used as/like and prepositions.
28 Jun 2011
Arranged Marriage
An interesting topic: students could say what 20 questions they would ask, then decide together if they are too private. Listen and see how many came up. Could also focus on the reactions to questions. Stop the video before the end and predict ending - Did they marry? How many arranged marriages end in divorce?
Procrastination
I just added this because I love it so much, as I sit here looking for vids while I should be getting dinner.
Could work as a model for students to come up with their own definitions, I like the idea of personal definitions of abstract concepts like Happiness, Envy, Anger etc.
Procrastination from Johnny Kelly on Vimeo.
Could work as a model for students to come up with their own definitions, I like the idea of personal definitions of abstract concepts like Happiness, Envy, Anger etc.
Procrastination from Johnny Kelly on Vimeo.
Split screen
A nice little story that could be used to check or elicit some "getting around" verbs for low levels. Could also be used to elicit speculation on the relationship and reason for meeting.
Mechanical Body
A great little vid for describing processes and the body. Would also be fun to put a narration over the top of this vid describing what all the little guys do.
Der Mensch als Industriepalast [Man as Industrial Palace] from Henning Lederer on Vimeo.
Der Mensch als Industriepalast [Man as Industrial Palace] from Henning Lederer on Vimeo.
10 Jun 2011
On Time
A travelling salesman sells the future in a briefcase, with unexpected consequences.
ON TIME from Bianca Bodmer on Vimeo.
ON TIME from Bianca Bodmer on Vimeo.
9 Jun 2011
A Love Story in Milk
A Love Story… In Milk from Catsnake on Vimeo.
Good film for writing a story, predicting, writing alternative endings. It lends itself to the practice of passives.
5 Jun 2011
16 Apr 2011
Special Delivery
A fun film about the consequences of not doing what you are told. It has a lot of possibilities for language practice.
13 Apr 2011
The Story Beyond the Still
This is an inspirational project in which film makers collaborate to produce a story. Each one starts with a still image and continues from the still at the end of the next chapter. See the video below for details.
Lots of possibilities here for collaborative writing by students (or even filmmaking).
Give them the first still from which they brainstorm questions they want answered - watch 1st vid.
Look at next still.
The whole film with all eight chapters runs to about 50 minutes, so this could be spread over several lessons with one chapter per lesson. Then, watch the whole film for a review.
Lots of possibilities here for collaborative writing by students (or even filmmaking).
Give them the first still from which they brainstorm questions they want answered - watch 1st vid.
Look at next still.
Students could then write what they want to happen next. Watch 2nd vid, and so on.
On the site there are various entries that were put forward for each chapter and students could vote for the one they like best. See the entries here
Here are the other stills from the winning entries.
The whole film with all eight chapters runs to about 50 minutes, so this could be spread over several lessons with one chapter per lesson. Then, watch the whole film for a review.
12 Apr 2011
Placebo
An interesting look at the strange effectiveness of placebos. A lot of comparisons made here that could be exploited for language focus. Try watching without sound first to get a gist of the film.
My Day
Simple AND effective. A look at one day in a life.
Documentary about my one day from Min-ji Kang on Vimeo.
Documentary about my one day from Min-ji Kang on Vimeo.
10 Apr 2011
The Black Hole
An interesting idea in this video. You could easily reproduce the black hole in the video and ask students what they would use it for (before or after watching)
Blinky
A scary take on the future of human-robot relations. Would make an interesting video to start discussion.
Blinky™ from Ruairi Robinson on Vimeo.
Blinky™ from Ruairi Robinson on Vimeo.
The Diary of a Disappointed Book
A fun short film that looks at disappointing year in a books life. Would make a good vid to start a discussion on changing reading habits. Also allows for good practice of passives.
The Diary of a Disappointed Book from Studiocanoe on Vimeo.
The Diary of a Disappointed Book from Studiocanoe on Vimeo.
A Thousand Words
This film has a great story and allows for a lot of speculation by students. The ending also allows for them to imagine what happens next.
A Thousand Words from Ted Chung on Vimeo.
A Thousand Words from Ted Chung on Vimeo.
Things to Learn
A great video to show at the beginning of a course. Do your students agree with the video?
things to learn from Matt Edgar on Vimeo.
things to learn from Matt Edgar on Vimeo.
Alma
A wonderful animation that looks at childhood fears. There are some key moments in the film where it could be paused for students to predict what will happen next. Could also be used as a basis for writing a story.
Fifty People One Question
There are loads of Youtube vids based on this idea.
Some great videos on this site that, as the title suggests, have 50 people answering one simple question. The one below is "What is your secret?", others include "Where would you wish to wake up tomorrow?" and "Before the end of today, what would you wish to happen?". Some great responses some of which are not aimed at kids.
See the site here:
http://fiftypeopleonequestion.com/
PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death and God from Frank Warren on Vimeo.
Some great videos on this site that, as the title suggests, have 50 people answering one simple question. The one below is "What is your secret?", others include "Where would you wish to wake up tomorrow?" and "Before the end of today, what would you wish to happen?". Some great responses some of which are not aimed at kids.
See the site here:
http://fiftypeopleonequestion.com/
PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death and God from Frank Warren on Vimeo.
The Workplace
(El Empleo)
A man prepares and goes to work in a bizarre world, where the meaning of human workforce is taken to another level.
A man prepares and goes to work in a bizarre world, where the meaning of human workforce is taken to another level.
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