A Close Shave™

English level:

Pre-Intermediate

Original story: Nick Park and Bob Baker
ELT adaptation: Peter Viney and Karen Viney

Description

Another hilarious adventure starring Wallace and Gromit™.

How can it be used?

• As a supplement to any pre-intermediate course.
• As a stand-alone video course.

Who is it for?

• Pre-intermediate learners of all ages - from primary to adult.

Key features

• A special ELT adaptation of the Oscar®-winning animated film, A Close Shave™. The video has a broad appeal that will be a motivating force in any classroom.
• In this exhilarating and exciting adventure, Wallace and Gromit™ are joined by Wendolene, Shaun the sheep, and Preston the evil cyberdog.
• The video is organized into six manageable episodes, which present specific grammar points, functional language, and vocabulary.
• The original dialogue has been simplified, and additional narration gives learners further language input.
• The video is supported by a Student's Book and a Teacher's Book.

  Components |  Contents / Syllabus |  ISBN index | 

Student's Book

• vocabulary building activities
• grammar summary
• related language, pronunciation and spelling activities
• pairwork language practice
• complete transcript

Teacher's Book

• extensive guidance on using video in the classroom
• full teaching notes
• answer key

Video Cassette

• one 30-minute Video Cassette (six episodes in all)

EPISODE 1: The uninvited guest

Grammar:
Past simple: regular verbs
Present perfect
Something has eaten it!
I, me, my
is / has / 's possessive
can / can't

Transfer:
Breakfast
Meals
What did you have?
What have you eaten?
Vocabulary:
Window cleaning equipment; clothes; a bowl of ... / a pair of ... / a cup of ..., etc.; signs.

EPISODE 2: Love at first sight

Grammar:
Question words
Past simple: irregular verbs
Present perfect: yet
do / did / done
Present continuous (review)
whose? / 's possessive
you / yours
looks + adjective

Transfer:
Names, introductions
What do you like doing in your free time?
like + ing form
Starting a conversation by asking questions
Vocabulary:
Furniture; wordplay; boy, lad, chuck, etc.; things you can knit: clothes.

EPISODE 3: The Knit-O-Matic

Grammar:
going to do / doing / done
Past participles
Present continuous future
going to future
Imperatives
too (= also) / too (late)
much / many
Suggestions: Let's ...

Transfer:
going to for future
Suggestions
Have you (done this) yet?
When did you do it?
When are you going to do it?
Vocabulary:
Sheep; adjectives ending in -ous ; wordplay; invent / inventor/ invention ; action verbs in Past simple (1).

EPISODE 4: Crime and punishment

Grammar:
Imperatives (cont.)
Past continuous
when
will have to for obligation
someone, nothing
Two-word verbs
Past and past participles
so (degree, conclusion)

Transfer:
Past continuous: What were you doing at 9 p.m.?
Vocabulary:
In prison; compound nouns; wordplay; in the country.

EPISODE 5: No escape

Grammar:
Adverbs of movement
Prepositions
Past tense of regular verbs
'll future for offers of help
Comparative adverbs with: any
drop two thousand feet v. a thousand-foot drop

Transfer:
Find the sheep (adverbs of movement, Present continuous)
Offers of help
any faster, etc.
Vocabulary:
The plane; in the factory; opposites; road signs; action verbs in Past simple (2).

EPISODE 6: Gromit to the rescue

Grammar:
Sequence words in Past simple
More past tense verbs
Why don't you ...
looks nasty / happy, etc.
(It is) made of (wool).
Adverbs: faster, harder, closer
start doing

Transfer:
Survey
What's your favourite?
Opinions: likes and dislikes
best, funniest
Vocabulary:
Machinery; action verbs (3); present / past / future