MAD FOR ADS 3

Aspects of America My Country Cousins Amazing Stories Old Mother Witch Greyhound Sunny's Ears Century of London I'm British But...      Intermediate/ Upper Intermediate A 35-minute video cassette and a teacher's booklet providing a detailed index of ads with their themes and timings, plus many different suggested activities.   This is the third in the successful "Mad for Ads" series. It presents a selection fo 31 ads chosen for their value in teaching English to students of different levels. For an in--depth and comparative analysis, the ads have been organised by theme: Story narratives Public Service announcements Sports New York City Cars Animal Food Film Parodies In addition to a detailed index of the ads, with themes and timings, the teacher's booklet suggests different types of class activities: Information gap: picture or soundtrack only; split group; one for all; observing and retelling. Retelling/rewriting: before/after narration; off-frame narration; new narrator; script reconstruction; script writing Analyis: What are they selling? To whom? Say the opposite. Debates: Why buy it? Why believe it? Going further: Comparing ads, grammar functions, related Internet sites.