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Level
English Channel
3 has been designed at pre-intermediate / intermediate
level. The video can be used at higher levels by amending
the tasks. This is generally true of video material. The
structural elements are listed below.
Contents
PROLOGUE
Prediction, speculation and deduction. Study skills.
EPISODE 1
Indirect questions and statements; present perfect continuous; reflexive and emphatic pronouns; Roman numerals; ought to; passive v active (reviewed). Extension: Background information
EPISODE 2
Relative pronouns; Introductory adverbs; what as a connector; shall; 'd better
Extension: Forms of address Communication skill: degrees of formality
EPISODE 3
Active and passive; indefinite pronouns; verb + infinitive; indefinite pronoun + infinitive; noun + infinitive; future continuous
Extension: Feelings Communication skill: expressing emotion
EPISODE 4
Past perfect; past perfect and past simple; past perfect continuous; where as a relative; two and three word verbs; will be able to / will have to
Extension: Newspaper reports Communication skill: comparing viewpoints
EPISODE 5
Conditional- type 1; conditional - type 2; If I were you … ; reporting (I thought … / I knew …); mathematics
Extension: Communication skill: presentations
EPISODE 6
Reported statements (say, tell); reported statements (said, told); reported wh- questions (asked); reported yes / no questions; reporting time words
Extension: Plot summary. Communication skill: summarising
EPISODE 7
Speculation, deduction; mustSeven or eightve been etc; it depends ; A friend of (mine) etc.
Extension: Appearance Communication skill: judging by appearance
EPISODE 8
Conditional form of modal verbs; would have done, should have done; conditional- type 3; should in formal style; intensifiers; although
Extension: What next?
Using
English Channel on its own
English Channel
may be used as a free-standing short course, taking
anywhere between twenty four and forty eight classroom hours
to complete.
A typical question is something like "I only have 32 (30, 36
…) hours for the entire course. I don't have space in
that for video." When you look at the motivation video
provides, you will want to find time. Another idea for a 36
hour course is to use only a video course. This seems
radical, but in (e.g.) "English Channel" each episode has
four pages in the Student Book for classroom exploitation of
the video, but it also has four more pages of work which can
be done in a room without a TV. You can easily base an
entire short course around a video without extra
materials.
It is ideal for short intensive courses with all age
groups.
In a school situation, it may be useful as a short
introductory course in situations where pupils have come
from different schools or classes, and have differing levels
of English. As a short, stimulating course it will help to
consolidate a general body of knowledge. It may be also
useful as material to complete a year's work.
Using
English Channel as supplementary material
English Channel
can be used as a supplement to any
pre-intermediate / intermediate course. If it is done
quickly, and extra discussion generated from the Teacher's
notes it can be used at higher levels also.
We have been careful to ensure that the teaching points for
each video are transparent. There is no continuing story, so
that the order can be adapted to suit the progression of any
course at the level.
The syllabus is based on Grapevine
III
and Main
Street 5
and 6 by Peter Viney & Karen Viney. These have their
own parallel video materials, but English Channel can
be used instead of, or additionally to these.
Integration
with Grapevine Videos
The same actors
(Steve Steen & Jim Sweeney) appear in the
Grapevine
videos.
The following integration chart may prove useful. The video
unit numbers do not correspond as Grapevine videos
were designed to precede each unit of five lessons, whereas
English Channel was designed to follow each group of
equivalent syllabus elements.
At this level, it is harder to equate more than the
principal structural content. See the chart below. Minor
points of structure will differ.
Main Teaching Point
English Channel Three
Grapevine Three
General review of assumed knowledge
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1 Dennis Cook’s Party
Indirect questions, statements Present perfect
continuous
2 The Cricket Match
Relative clauses with who, which, that
3 No Vacancies
Passives in a variety of tenses
4 ETV South-West News
Past perfect
5 Princess Calling
Conditionals 1 & 2
6 A Glastonbury Tale
Reported speech
7 Love in A Garden
Deduction and speculation (must have done etc)
8 Eddie Barber- Private Eye
Conditional type 3
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