Using films (and Literature!) in our #ESO4 History Lesson to Learn about the "Collateral Damage" during the Industrial Revolution in Britain #libraryproject

Learning Language Skills in History through Films 

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According to Kieran Donaghy who won the British Council’sTeachingEnglish blog award, films can add motivation to the learning experience. Language teachers have been using films in their classes for decades, and there are a number of reasons why film is an excellent teaching and learning tool. Learning from films is motivating and enjoyable. Motivation is one of the most important factors in determining successful second-language acquisition.

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Learning about the Industrial Revolution with "Modern Times" using our second language, English, has been a really rewarding task for me as a teacher.

Charles Chaplin brought the joy and amusement to the class atmosphere as well as the right motivation we needed to lift up our spirits and talk about the degrading conditions of the workers at the time.

We continued with this activity with a discussion in our #virtualclassroom on Google Classroom.

Finally, since we shouldn't forget that our library project is above all about the library itself, its books, literature and reading, we'll read next week an extract from Hard Times, by Charles Dickens to analyse in depth the consequences of the Industrial Revolution in Britain at the time.

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I will tell you more soon.

Here is a sample activity by Celeste González Skender

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: Workers' Conditions through the eyes of Charles Chaplin, by Celeste González Skender de MEFP-British Council Programme IES Al-Qázeres

Inés Vivas has analysed an excerpt from Hard Times, by Charles Dickens

The Industrial Revolution in HARD TIMES (Charles Dickens), by Inés Vivas de MEFP-British Council Programme IES Al-Qázeres