[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 11 | June 1, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036]
Fancy livening up your classroom with some ready-made video activities? This is thefinal part of a series of four articles in which Keith Harding and Rachel Appleby share ideas for using the stunning new International Express video material. Each unit of the course features a video directly related to the unit topic. Here, Rachel offers ideas for using the clip from Upper Intermediate Unit 6 – PleaseCycle, which focuses on conditionals.
Before you watch
Try out some of these ideas to get your students thinking before they watch.
1. Discussion
You can focus on cycling from a number of angles, for example, you can think of it as a sport, a relaxing activity, or a method of commuting. Or you could discuss cycling equipment, safety issues, or infrastructure (for example, cycle paths). Find out quickly, open-class, how many of your students