This EFL lesson plan is designed around a short film titled Touch by Joshua Neale, commissioned by Huawei. Students practise vocabulary related to senses, speak about senses, watch a short film, identify what is happening in each scene, and discuss the film.
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Language level: Elementary (A1) – Pre-intermediate (A2)
Learner type: Teens and adults
Time: 60 minutes
Activity: Vocabulary practise, watching a short film, and speaking
Topic: Senses and touch
Language: Vocabulary related to senses and touch, present simple and present continuous tenses
Materials: Short film
Downloadable materials: touch lesson instructions
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Step 1
Write “the 5 senses” on the board. Elicit or explain the 5 senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch.
Step 2
Ask your students which parts of the body you see/hear/taste/smell/touch with.
Try to elicit the following sentences:
- You see with your eyes.
- You hear with your ears.
- You taste with your tongue.
- You smell with your nose.
- You touch with your hands or fingers.
Step 3
Pair your students and ask them to tell their partners what are their favourite things to see, hear, taste, smell and touch.
Step 4
Get feedback from the whole class on their favourite things.
Step 5
Tell your students they are going to watch a short film titled Touch in which they will see people touching different things, people, parts of bodies and animals. As they watch they should try to identify and remember as many of things as they can. Show the film and pause at 01:14.
Huawei – Touch from 750mph on Vimeo.
Step 6
Pair your students and ask them to recall as much of the film as they can.
Step 7
Get feedback from the whole class on what they can remember and write up different objects, people, animals and parts of the body.
Step 8
Tell your students they are going to watch the film again, and that you are going to pause at each scene. Their task is to describe what is happening using the present continuous tense. Give an example such as “a baby is touching his father’s beard.” Show the film again, pause at each scene and help students with vocabulary as necessary. Remember to pause at 01:14
Step 9
Show the caption “Touch is a powerful language”. Ask the students if they agree with this statement.
Step 10
Tell your students that the short film is in fact an advert for a product. Ask them what product they think is being advertised.
Step 11
Show the rest of the film which is an advert for the Huawei Touch mobile phone.
Step 12
Ask your students to discuss the following questions:
- Do you like the film? Why/Why not?
- Do you think the film is a good advert for a mobile phone? Why/Why not?
- Do you feel disappointed that the film is an advert?
I hope you enjoy this ESL lesson.
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