I use this with students in a Bilingual Spanish school to teach them about TV shows in the UK and America.

1. Film and television

2. What's your favourite film or TV
show?

Explain to a partner
what it's about, who
is featured in it,
when it was made,
etc.

Explain why it's your
favourite!

3. Guess the British TV show
Sherlock Doctor Who Downton Abbey
Blackadder Top Gear Eastenders

4. Guess the British film
The King's Speech Chariots of Fire Slumdog Millionaire
James Bond Harry Potter The Italian Job

5. Cinema, the Internet, and
piracy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xuKlIFofJ8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZm8vNHBSU

How will Internet streaming or downloading affect
the box office?

If a new film was released that you really wanted to
see, would you watch it at home or at the cinema?

6. • watch TV and films
on multiple devices,
through the Internet
• huge variety of
series available, just
one click away
• 50 million
subscribers
worldwide

7. Film and TV vocabulary

A film buff

A rom-com

A chick-flick

A nail-biter

A sitcom

A chat show

A quiz show

Prime-time
(viewing)
(Horror films) don't
really do it for me
(Action films) aren't
really my thing
What's on?
Does it have
subtitles?
Is it dubbed?
When does it come
out?
What's it about?

8. ACTIVITY
In groups, make up a television programme or
film storyline and pitch it to the class. Each
film/tv programme storyline will then be put
to a vote to decided which one the class would
most likely like to watch.

9. Discussion questions

Do you like going to the cinema? How often do you go?

What is your favourite/least favourite genre of film? Why?

If a book has been made into a film, which do you prefer to
do first, see the film or read the book? Why?

Do you watch a lot of television?

Do you watch any English-language TV?

Will the cinema one day be a thing of the past?

Was TV better in the past or now? What about cinema?

10. Discussion questions

Do you like going to the cinema? How often do you go?

What is your favourite/least favourite genre of film? Why?

If a book has been made into a film, which do you prefer to
do first, see the film or read the book? Why?

Do you watch a lot of television?

Do you watch any English-language TV?

Will the cinema one day be a thing of the past?

Was TV better in the past or now? What about cinema?