| Integrating videos from different series
By Peter Viney
The same actors (Steve Steen & Jim Sweeney) and some of the same situations (Dennis Cook, Inspector Grant) appear in the Grapevine videos and English Channel 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.
Level one:
Only in America shares the same format, but is in American English. We believe that students should be exposed to both varieties, even though one variety will be dominant in teaching materials. Video is an ideal way of introducing the "other" variety.
If you enjoy using video, you may wish to use two, or even all three, series.
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Main Teaching Point
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English Channel One
|
Grapevine One
|
Only in America
|
|
International vocabulary
numbers; greetings |
|
1 Introduction |
|
|
to be, numbers, time
greetings |
1 Welcome to English Channel |
2 Lambert & Stacey |
1 Duane & Donna in New York |
|
a/an; demonstratives,
There is / are; imperatives |
2 Hackers |
3 Quiz of The Week |
2 First day |
|
Imperatives; countable &
uncountable; have |
3 Ken’s Kitchen |
4 The Keys |
3 Strange Encounter |
|
can, can’t; would like;
have. |
4 A Day In The Country |
5 Chips with Everything |
4 Big Deal! |
|
Present continuous
Going to future |
5 Dennis Cook & The Red Balloon |
6 K-Division Metro Police |
5 Office Blues |
|
Present simple
Frequency adverbs |
6 Oakwood Ave: Saturday mornings |
7 A Day in the life of Dennis Cook |
6 The Websters |
|
was / were;
past simple |
7 Inspector Grant: On the Beach |
8 One Dark Night |
7 Good Morning Greenstown |
|
Past simple (2)
indefinite pronouns
(futures in Only in America) |
8 Robin Hood |
|
8 The Artist |
Level two:
|
Main Teaching Point
|
English Channel Two
|
Grapevine Two
|
|
Revision of level one
structures |
|
-
- Dennis Cook’s
Trip
|
|
Future simple; other uses of
will / shall |
1 Anywhere, anytime |
2 The Wedding |
|
Past continuous; past continuous v past simple; when, while |
The N.A.I.L. Files |
3 Inspector Grant Investigates |
|
Present perfect with time
words |
3 An English Country Garden |
My Friend Is An Alien |
|
Comparative & superlative |
Going, going, gone |
5 One Careful Owner |
|
Obligation & prohibition; modal verbs; must, mustn’t, have to, need |
5 Oakwood Avenue: Baby Love |
6 Survival |
|
Mild obligation: should,
shouldn’t ; present perfect with
for / since |
6 Dennis Cook’s Money Worries |
7 At the Doctor’s |
|
Type 1 conditionals; future
clauses with when, before,
after etc |
7 Weather Report |
8 Radio Plays |
|
Active and passive: present
and past only |
-
- Inspector Grant: Bodyguards
|
|
Level 3:
|
Main Teaching Point
|
English Channel Three
|
Grapevine Three
|
|
Review of level one & two structures |
|
1 Dennis Cook’s Party |
|
Present perfect: simple & continuous; indirect questions |
Double Identity: Episode 1 |
2 The Cricket Match |
|
Relative clauses; introductory adverbs |
Double Identity: Episode 2 |
3 No Vacancies |
|
Active & passive in a variety of tenses |
Double Identity:
Episode 3 |
4 ETV-South West News |
|
Past perfect; clauses of reason |
Double Identity: Episode 4 |
5 Princess Calling |
|
Type 1 & type 2 conditionals |
Double Identity: Episode 5 |
6 A Glastonbury Tale |
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Reported speech |
Double Identity: Episode 6 |
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- Love In A Garden
|
|
Deduction & speculation; must / may / can’t be; must have done
etc |
Double Identity: Episode 7 |
Eddie Barber-Private Eye |
|
Type 3 conditionals; should / would have done; wishes,
regrets |
Double Identity: Episode 8 |
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