San Francisco city guide

luis.donaire

March 04, 2018

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HELPING LEARNERS USE CHUNKS COMMUNICATIVELY

In this video we talk about how we can help our students use chunks communicatively - we share 4 ideas that have worked well for us in the classroom. We’re using an interactive video quiz in one of our ideas, which you can find here.

Enjoy!

Anna Csíky

iSLCollective teacher trainer

Task description & scene summary

Task description:

A video by Lonely Planet in which students can become familiar with the city of San Francisco while doing some listening comprehension (checking for numbers) and expanding their vocabulary with words and expressions.

Scene summary:

A tour around San Francisco and its most famous sights: Alcatraz, Pier 39, the Golden Gate, etc.

Video source: San Francisco city guide - Lonely Planet travel video

Video length: 3 minutes 1 second

Video genre: Vlog (e.g. travel video, home video blogging)

Lesson type: Deep listening comprehension - Meaning check ("Do you understand what it means?")

Level:

Student types:

Dialect:

American English

Tags:

adjectives
usa
culture
travelling
sight

Vocabulary:

Grammar:

Copyright license: Creative Commons Attribution License

First published: 2018-03-04, 17:44:38 (GMT+1)

About the author

luis.donaire

KIERAN DONAGHY ABOUT ISLCOLLECTIVE VIDEO QUIZZES:

"iSLCollective Interactive Video Quizzes are highly engaging and motivating multimodal texts for English language students to learn vocabulary and improve their listening skills. They are the perfect complement to the creative and innovative lesson plans on Film English."

Kieran Donaghy,
Creator of FilmEnglish.com, a site with hundreds of high quality, free ESL/EFL lesson plans created around short films

Video quiz questions (printable)

1) Can you find the missing number?

Fill the gap: With 43 hills and a population of over ________________________ freethinkers, crafty inventors, and oddballs (...)

Put the words in order: town This one of ride. a gives hell

3) What does 'stroll' mean?

To walk in a slow, relaxed manner, especially for pleasure.
To suddenly see something or someone.
To hurry or go somewhere quickly.

4) 'San Francisco boasts a serious foodie scene'. What do you think this means?

Answer the question using your own words

5) What does 'be spoilt for choice' mean?

To be unable to choose because there are so many possible good choices.
To be unable to choose because all places are bad.

Fill the gap: About ________________________ locals visit the market each week

7) '(...)from Alcatraz, the world's most notorious prison.' What do you think NOTORIOUS means?

Involving a lot of mystery
Famous for something bad

8) '(Lombard Street) It's one of the crookedest streets in the world.' What do you think 'crooked' means?

Answer the question using your own words

9) 'More than ... cars cross the bridge each day.'

120,000
100,020
20,000
200,000

About the author

luis.donaire

KIERAN DONAGHY ABOUT ISLCOLLECTIVE VIDEO QUIZZES:

Kieran Donaghy,
Creator of FilmEnglish.com, a site with hundreds of high quality, free ESL/EFL lesson plans created around short films

Comments

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ximenateacher

2018-03-05 22:33:08

Excellent test, thanks!

Toby77

2020-05-03 19:09:14

Thanks a lot. Fantastic job.

Pentium

2020-05-30 06:14:43

Thank you. The video made me feel like visiting the city. Also, it contains a lot of interesting new vocabulary.

chrissy maria

2020-07-10 15:21:13

thanks

agustinazocar

2020-09-04 15:41:31

yes

drhafik

2021-05-10 06:22:33

800000, This town gives one hell of a ride, a), They care a lot about food in San Francisco, a), 25,000, b), it's curvy, 120000

saramills

2022-01-25 15:54:38

absolutely wonderful!