eurodestination (YouTube Channel), “Visit Denmark”

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The Video

This is a short promotional video for the Nordic utopia that is Denmark. There is plenty of swooping cinematography featuring the best a Danish vacation has to offer.

The video seeks to answer the question What is a good holiday about? and would provide a nice introduction to the theme of vacations/travel if you are about to study this topic.

Language Focus and Level

The narration on this video moves at a deliberately leisured pace which, combined with the vocabulary help in the worksheet, could be suitable for pre-intermediate or intermediate level students.

There is a grammar section in the worksheet which focuses on the use of the gerund in the video.

Worksheet

capture Find the accompanying worksheet here: denmark

Availability

Watch the video over at YouTube.

Paths Less Pedaled (YouTube Channel), “What is Bicycle Travel?”

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The Video

This is a short promotional video to try and get more people into the joys of cycling.

Level and Language Focus

The language in the video alone is suitable for use in intermediate and upper intermediate classes. Using the worksheet below you could extend the video and supporting activities to good pre intermediate classes.

The main grammar focus of the video is the use of gerunds after prepositions.

Worksheet

thumb  Download the worksheet here: Cycling.

Availability

Watch the video on YouTube.

Expedia (YouTube Channel), “San Francisco Vacation Travel Guide”

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The Video

Expedia is a leading online travel company offering informed videos for tourists featuring cities from all over the world. This video features the jewel of the US West Coast, San Francisco, with the narrator talking us through the scenic beauty, cultural attractions, diverse communities and world-class cuisine this popular Californian destination has to offer.

Level and Language Focus

As a video with a potentially large ESL audience, the narration is slow and very clear for English learners. Adapting activities to suit your class (the use of the script, subtitles etc.), you can use this video with classes of levels intermediate and upper intermediate.

The worksheet below concentrates on the grammar of quantifiers used throughout the video. Quantifiers are usually studied at most levels with increasing difficulty as the student progresses.

Worksheet

thumb Download the accompanying worksheet here:San Francisco WS (Right Click, Save As…)

Availability

Watch the video freely through YouTube.