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Simon's cat - Missing Cat (Tappable Pictionary ESL Game)

Kisdobos September 11, 2019
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How has the role of video changed in language teaching in the past few years? - Interview with Kieran Donaghy 

Hello from Barcelona, the Film and Video in Language Teaching course, where we recorded a special episode for the iSLCollective video quiz channel. In it we ask Kieran Donaghy of film-english.com, who runs the course, how he views the changes in ELT regarding video in the past few years. 

Enjoy!

Anna Csíky, iSLCollective Teacher Trainer

Task description & scene summary

Task description:
The video pauses at 10 moments and students will tap on the object in the instruction. This ESL video quiz is best suited for pre-intermediate (A2) and intermediate (B1) students.
Scene summary:
Does Simon's Cat get home safe? Find out in the last epidode of the 4-part series entitled Missing Cat - 'Found!'
Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU4le8fBWqc
Video length: 2 minutes 30 seconds
Video genre: Cartoon / tale for kids (e.g. Tom & Jerry, Simon's cat, Peppa Pig, Mr. Bean)
Lesson type: Asking about the visuals: Tappable pictionary ("Tap XY on the screen")
Level:
  • Pre-intermediate (A2)
  • Intermediate (B1)
Student types:
  • elementary school
  • high school
  • adults
Dialect:
  • Silent film
Tags:
  • Simon's cat
  • lost and found
  • Missing
Copyright license: Creative Commons Attribution License
First published: 2019-09-11, 12:23:17 (GMT+1)

About the author

I am one of the co-founders of iSLCollective.com. I had taught English in many contexts, as a private tutor, then in companies, and in high schools. I am active in creating video quizzes on our video quiz platform.

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) Tap the broom.

2) Tap the garbage can.

3) Tap the car wreck.

4) Tap any of the puddles.

5) Tap the kennel.

6) Tap the hole in the fence.

7) Tap the garden gnome.

8) Tap the wheelbarrow.

9) Tap the arrow.

10) Tap the food bowl.

About the author

I am one of the co-founders of iSLCollective.com. I had taught English in many contexts, as a private tutor, then in companies, and in high schools. I am active in creating video quizzes on our video quiz platform.

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

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Revery
2019-09-12 09:57:53
Love Simon and thanks soooo much for the video!
inesitaortiz
2019-09-12 23:48:52
thank you for giving us many useful tools to learnThank you for giving us this useful tool to improve our English lessons.