Live from London: Preferences

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Set in Brixton, London, this video lesson includes authentic interviews with people living in London, talking about preferences.

Seven ideas on how to use this video (see Downloads) with your class

The following lesson ideas can be used alongside the video Live from London: Preferences. You can use these ideas on their own, you could group some of the activities together and choose to do them in whichever order you prefer. Each lesson idea has a recommended learner level. The transcript is attached under ‘Downloads’ at the bottom of this page.

If you’re teaching teens, you can use these videos alongside the series Impressions. This video can be used with the lesson plan ‘You choose’.

Some of the ideas can be used for flipped lessons. In this scenario students can do tasks and preparatory work at home or in the school independently from the teacher for the following lesson. This allows more time for communicative tasks, teacher-led tasks or group-led tasks during class time.

1. Themed discussion

Level: Pre-intermediate to intermediate

Summary:

Objectives: to practice fluency

Flipped: Your students could do the preparatory work independently and prepare answers to bring to class the following day.

Instructions: Place your students into pairs or small groups for this activity.

Do you prefer cats or dogs?
What kind of food do you prefer?
What type of films do you prefer?
Where would you prefer to spend a holiday?

2. Mingling Task

Level: Pre-intermediate to intermediate

Summary: Students watch the video through once then use the

Objective: to practice fluency

Instructions:

Do you prefer cats or dogs?

_____ is very similar to _____

_____ is very different to _____

_____ is exactly the same as _____

_____ is completely different to ______

3. Note-taking

Level: Pre-intermediate to intermediate

Summary: S

Objective: to listen for specific information

Flipped:

Instructions:

Kris
Lorraine
Natasha
Sasha

4. Warmer for ‘You choose!’ lesson

Level: Pre-intermediate to intermediate

Summary: Video used as a warmer for Impressions lesson ‘You choose!’.

Objectives: to engage students on the subject of preferences

Instructions:

Do you prefer cats or dogs?

Ask your students to discuss the questions in pairs before continuing this lesson from point 2 in the teacher’s notes of lesson plan ’You choose!’ which you can find here.

5. True or false questions

Level: Pre-Intermediate to intermediate

Summary: Students are given a list of true or false statements about the video content.

Objective: to listen for specific information

Flipped: Students can prepare their true and false statements outside of class to be used in the next lesson – see additional ideas.

Instructions: transcript

Kris finds dogs a bit temperamental [F] She finds cats temperamental
Kris has three Tibetan Spaniel dogs [F] She used to have three Tibetan Spaniels
Lorraine has a phobia of dogs [T]
Natasha is allergic to dogs [F] She’s allergic to cats
Natasha likes spicy food [F] She doesn’t like anything spicy
Lorraine’s favourite food is lobster [T]
Kris has recently started to enjoy baking [T]
Kris doesn’t like horror films as they give her nightmares [T]
Sasha prefers the beach to the mountains [F] She likes both
Lorraine likes a hot climate [F] She’s not really a hot climate person and moans if it goes above 25 degree.