Tag Archives: watching

Game Tester Job

Learners watch a short video on game testers and then write a job application to be a game tester. Level: Upper intermediate Location: Connected classroom/ Home Language focus:  Vocabulary of games / Formal language in an application letter Skills Practice: Listening / Reading / Writing Maybe you have looked at formal language for writing a [...]

Total Eclipse – Team Edward or Team Jacob?

Level: Intermediate+ Location: Connected classroom Skills Focus: Reading/ Watching/ Speaking Video: 8-Bit Twilight Eclipse Interactive If you teach teen girls and you haven’t heard of Twilight, no scratch that, if you have been living on planet Earth and you haven’t heard of Twilight then get with it.  This teen phenomenon that has swept the world [...]

World Cup Rescue

Level: Intermediate+ Location: Computer room Language focus: Gaming dictation Skills Focus: Speaking/ listening Game: World Cup Rescue The World Cup has been stolen and you (Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo) have been chosen to go and get it back. Preparation Depending on how your computer room is set up you need to get at least [...]

Alan Wake – A Video worksheet

At the beginning of this review there is a warning about the video having a violence content so it is recommended you watch to assess whether this activity is appropriate for your learners.  There is a lot of shooting, scary voices and a dark foreboding atmosphere throughout. Level: Upper intermediate /advanced Location: Connected classroom Skills [...]

10 Online videos to watch

Here’s a brief description of ten online videos for teachers of foreign languages to watch.  All these videos were chosen because they are free, easily accessible, engaging and informative to teachers of a foreign language. 1 The Sims teach German The sims is one of the most commercially successful PC games, notable because of its popularity [...]