Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. — 40 p. — ISBN 978-0-19-459304-5.English level:
Beginner to ElementaryDescription
A unique insight into British life and culture.How can it be used?
— As a supplement to any beginner to pre-intermediate course for lower secondary students.
— As cultural background material.
Who is it for?
Lower secondary students.
Key features
— Both videos in this series contain eight factual reports, introduced by a presenter.
— Window on Britain 2 topics are: Work, Animals, Holidays, The Media, Leisure, The Environment, Health, and Law and Order.
— The reports combine factual information with some semi-dramatized scenes.
— At each level the video is supported by an Activity Book for students and a Video Guide for teachers.
— There is also a Window on Britain CD-ROM containing all the material in both the video and the support material, plus other features for classroom and individual use.Contents
Introduction.
Work. Review of tenses: present simple, present continuous, past simple, future with going to.
Holidays. Countable / uncountable nouns.
Animals. Comparatives / superlatives.
Media. Future: will / going to.
Leisure. Present perfect.
Environment. Present perfect v. past simple.
Health. Open conditionals.
Law and order. Passives: present simple / past simple.
Transcripts.Components
Activity Book
— Before you watch, After you watch and While you watch exercises, including quizzes, competitions, project work, discussions and role-play
— Read and Write section at the end of each unit, providing additional texts related to the topic
— Language Window section in each unit, which includes review exercises
Video Guide
— full teaching notes
— guide to using video in the classroom
— answer key
— optional activities
— cultural notes
— complete transcript.
Video DVD-Video torrent
— one 46-minute Video DVD at each level (eight units per level).
