Also produced by Speakeasy Publications, a whole range of videos (in SECAM and for France and DOM/TOM only) accompanied by teacher's booklets to be used in the classroom, books for middle- and high-school classes, and material designed for young beginners in primary schools. You can order these products on line or print out an order form if you prefer to send your order by posts.
NEW! A new volume in the popular "Mad for Ads" series... now on DVD!
video and a DVD for beginners in our My Country Cousins collection!
Voir une présentation en français de la collection My Country Cousins.
Find out more about many of our videos (including My Country Cousins, and Aspects of America) in our Video Net section. Click here to see our video stocklist.
Mad for Ads 4
Level: Intermediate/Upper Intermediate
An all-new selection of 31 prize-winning, often humorous TV ads from different English-speaking countries, with a variety of themes.
The ads, though short (30 seconds-1 minute long) are very rich, and are therefore perfect for use in a class period.
The ads are grouped by theme and/or by genre, and have been selected both by level and for their appeal to young people.
The DVD comes with a 92-page booklet suggesting a wide selection of teaching ideas for using the ads with pupils at different levels.
If you don't want to order on line, you can also print out an order form to mail in.
Level: Beginners/Intermediate
Visit Ireland and the USA with two cousins, and discover cities, monuments, natural landmarks and daily life through reports, songs, animated maps and more. Specially conceived for pupils just beginning to learn English.
Comes with a two-sided map (Ireland on one side, USA on the other).
If you don't want to order on line, you can also print out an order form to mail in.
Level: Beginners/Intermediate
Visit Australia and the UK with two cousins, and discover cities, monuments, natural landmarks and daily life through reports, songs, animated maps and more. Specially conceived for pupils just beginning to learn English.
Comes with a two-sided map (Ireland on one side, USA on the other).
Bonus feature: How to make a digeridoo!
If you don't want to order on line, you can also print out an order form to mail in.
For more information, see: Video Net
My Country Cousins 1 & 2: UK/Australia & Ireland/USA (1'10" min.) 79 Eu
Level: Beginners/Intermediate
My Country Cousins 1 & 2 on one DVD. Cousins from Australia, the UK, Ireland and the USA, present monuments, natural landmarks and daily life through reports, songs, animated maps and more. Specially conceived for pupils just beginning to learn English.
Includes both two-sided maps.
If you don't want to order on line, you can also print out an order form to mail in.
Level: Upper Intermediate
A dynamic and sophisticated portrait of two aspects of modern America: the criminal justice system (chain gangs, the death penalty, etc.) and Native American Casinos.
If you don't want to order on line, you can also print out an order form to mail in.
For more information, see: Video Net
The "For Teens" collection is a series of photocopiable books with audio CDs for reading and listening comprehension. The IDEAS collection is full of information for students on cross-curricular themes. You can read the short descriptions below, or, for a more complete description, go to Ideas. You can also have a look at the online Teacher's Guide (in French, to make it easier to work with colleagues from other subjects) or the list of links to useful sites related to the subjects of the books.
You can download a special Ideas order form here, or contact us for more information.
For Teens: Photocopiable Collection
If you don't want to order on line, you can also print out an order form to mail in.
Five books + CD audio with authentic material for reading and listening comprehension.
Short Stories for Teens (Intermediate) 19,67 Eu
More Short Stories for Teens (Upper Intermediate) 19,67 Eu
Short stories chosen for their thematic interest: mystery, the paranormal, relationships, family responsibility, authority. Each story is read aloud on the CD and is accompanied by detailed comprehension and vocabulary exercises as well as aural comprehension activities designed to be photocopied.
Audio Activities for Teens (Lower Inter.) 19,67 E
More Audio Activities for Teens (Intermediate) 19,67 Eu
A variety of recordings of songs, sketches,
dialogues and folktales with themes which will motivate students. Suggested activities
for comprehension (pre-listening, detailed listening...) as well as the scripts
are designed to be photocopied.
Plays for Teens (Inter.) 19,67 Eu
A collection of eight plays, two of which are presented in comic-strip format, and seven of which are recorded on the CD. The book provides complete scripts, including stage directions, plus 2 pages of activities per play. Introduction by Kester Lovelace of the theatre company Drama-Ties.
More IDEAS
Harry Potter, Magic & More!
(English + French, History, Music, Art, ICT) Historical background information about witches and about British boarding-school literature as well as providing lots of practical, useful material for working on the Harry Potter phenomenon: covers from different editions for image analysis, easy excerpts from the first 4 books, a lexicon, bios of the young stars and the author, JK Rowling, and more.
The Lewis & Clark Expedition (English + Hist. /Geo., Phys Ed, Music, Art, ICT) For the 200th anniversary of the start of the expedition, a 5-page, full-colour comic strip recounting this real-life adventure, plus information about the expedition's context, participants and discoveries.
Great Inventions (English + French, Science, History, ICT) We honour the 100th anniversary of manned flight with this chapter about the great inventors and inventions of the late-19th and 20th centuries, particularly in the domains of flight, transportation and transmission of sound and images. Includes simple experiments, too.
Each chapter ends with a resource file with addresses for useful sites related to the theme, and the final chapter shows more than a dozen end-of-term projects.
If you don't want to order on line, you can also print out an order form to mail in. Or , or contact us for more information.
IDEAS
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
(English + French, History) Includes a 5-page comic strip, Camelot, a presentation of sites associated with the Arthurian legends (Tintagel Castle etc.) and an analysis of the legends, from Chrétien de Troyes to video games.
In Citizens of Europe (English + History/Geography, Civics, German, Spanish) young people from GB, Germany and Spain answer a questionnaire that describes their countries' school systems, traditions, festivals, etc.
Water (English + History/Geography, Natural Sciences) includes a 5-page comic strip, Raleigh & the Queen, about Sir Walter Raleigh, articles about currents and water as a natural resource, + simple scientific experiments.
Each chapter ends with a resource file with addresses for useful sites related to the theme, and the final chapter shows more than a dozen end-of-term projects.
If you don't want to order on line, you can also print out an order form to mail in. Or , or contact us for more information.
PRIMARY SCHOOL PRODUCTS
You can find brief descriptions of our products for primary schools below, or go to English in primary school for more detailed information.
That's
Life in Great Britain (56-min. video + booklet) 30,49 E
A first contact with British culture, holidays, daily life for primary-age children. The video encourages repetition of words with visual prompts.
Easy
Peasy Fun Activity Book + CD 21,34 E
An illustrated book of comics, dialogues, traditions, songs and games featuring the "Easy Peasy Gang" with an audio CD of recordings of most of the pages which makes discovering English fun and easy.
If you don't want to order on line, you can also print out an order form to mail in.
Level: Lower Intermediate / Intermediate
In English, with subtitles in English and a teacher's booklet.
Halloween is coming and as the mood of the season of ghosts and witches builds, David and his teenage friends have to deal with some neighbourhood bullies as well as Mrs Oliver, a lonely older woman, who becomes the object of their ridicule. The action comes to a climax while the young people are out trick-or-treating.
Old Mother Witch will allow teachers to show students how Halloween is celebrated in the United States as well as to discuss themes such as relationship between friends and parents that concern young people. The English subtitles will allow a wide range of students to appreciate and understand this authentic document. The teacher's booklet contains a variety of classroom activities.
If you don't want to order on line, you can also print out an order form to mail in.
For more information, see: Video Net
Level: Intermediate / Upper Intermediate
Third in the successful series "Mad for Ads"
A selection of 31 video ads that have been especially chosen for their value for teaching English to students of different levels. For an in-depth and comparative analysis, the ads have been organised into the following categories:
Story narratives
Public Service Announcements / Campaigns for or against something
Sports
New York City
Cars
Animal Food
Film Parodies
Besides a detailed index of the ads with themes and timings, the teacher's booklet suggests different types of class activities: Information gap, Retelling / rewriting, Analytical activities, Debating activities, Further activities.
If you don't want to order on line, you can also print out an order form to mail in.
For more information, see: Video Net
Three short fictions written by teens for teens with themes (identity, families and school) which are motivating for students. (Intermediate)
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For more information, see: Video Net
Using archives and modern film clips, this documentary traces the history of London in the 20 Century through eleven themes. (Advanced)
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A sociological documentary as well as a road movie, this video takes viewers across the U.S. and follows the stories of characters searching for the American Dream. (Upper Intermediate/Advanced)
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For more information, see: Video Net
Using four young second-generation Asians in Great Britain, this documentary shows how they balance their cultural identity and their assimilation into British society. (Upper Intermediate/Advanced)
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When 13-year-old Sunny, who is deaf, is saved by a stray dog, she decides to keep him, in spite of her parents. (Intermediate)
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An animated version of George Orwell's classic book. (Level: Upper Intermediate)
Britain: A Living Society 1 (45 min.) 49,55E
Britain: A Living Society 2 (41 min.) 49,55E
Each cassette presents two reports about teenager's daily life in Great Britain, in two versions: one subtitled in English and the other not. (Level: 2nd cycle)
If you don't want to order on line, you can also print out an order form to mail in.
For more information, see: Video Net
Teenagers talk about how they celebrate British festivals: New Year, Valentine's Day, Easter, May Day, The Notting Hill Carnival, Halloween, Guy Fawkes Day, Christmas. Documentary footage and family celebrations are also presented to give a full picture of these traditions. (Level: Lower intermediate/Intermediate)
If you don't want to order on line, you can also print out an order form to mail in.
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An entertaining silent film in which the image, sound effeccts and music transport you to a British school on exam day. British humour guaranteed! (Beginners/Intermediate)
Heartbreak High (48 min.) 42,69 E
The Heartbreak High (Hartley, coeurs a vif) TV series is a favourite with teenagers around the world. This episode is in English with English sub-titles.
The universe of this high school-based series, which is familiar to students and close to their daily concerns, allows for the development of audio-visual comprehension strategies that are based on both linguistic and non-linguistic aspects of the video. (Level: Intermediate/Upper Intermediate)
If you don't want to order on line, you can also print out an order form to mail in.
For more information, see: Video Net
A selection of the best international ads produced for television and the cinemas. (Levis; Barclay's Bank, Volkswagen, Sony, The Guardian...) (Level: Upper Intermediate)
Martin Luther King, Jr (27 min.) 42,69E
An authentic television documentary in black and white, subtitled in English, which retraces the career of this black civil rights leader and presents some of his most important speeches. (Level: (Level: Upper Intermediate/Advanced)
If you don't want to order on line, you can also print out an order form to mail in.
For more information, see: Video Net
A young Russian immigrant girl's problems in being accepted by her classmates, centred around the theme of Thanksgiving and pilgrims.(Level: Lower Intermediate/Intermediate)
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole (30 min.) 42,69 E
Excerpts from the bitter-sweet TV series based on the celebrated novel by Sue Townsend about a British adolescent's trials and tribulations growing up in a small town.
(Level: Intermediate/Upper Intermediate)
Skin (29 min.) 42,69E
The problems of racial discrimination as seen by three Canadian teenagers, presented in a theatrical and humourous fashion and based on true stories. (Level: Intermediate/Upper Intermediate)
If you don't want to order on line, you can also print out an order form to mail in.
For more information, see: Video Net
Structured conversations between teens in G.B. and the U.S.A., organised around their daily activities as well as e-mail correspondence and sequences for repetition. (Level: (Level: Lower Intermediate/Remedial)
Thornapple (50 min.) 42,69E
A television adaptation of a Ruth Rendell short story, with a young boy as it's hero. (Level: Intermediate/Upper Intermediate)
U.K. Kids (40 min.) 42,69E
Five British teenagers explain their lives and interests in five short documentaries.
(Level: Lower Intermediate/ Intermediate)
If you don't want to order on line, you can also print out an order form to mail in.
For more information, see: Video Net
The Cinema 42,69E
Sport in Britain 42,69E
A series of 30-minute documentaries on cultural themes presented through authentic documents, Vox Pops and interviews with experts.
(Level: Upper Intermediate)
If you don't want to order on line, you can also print out an order form to mail in.
For more information, see: Video Net
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