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Up-and-coming seminars,
news and information
about Teaching with Film.






New seminar date

 

Bolzano
South Tyrol


07.11.2023

The Magician
in the Classroom.
Teaching with Film

(11-14 year olds)

Online seminar

 

Seminar date added

 

Extra seminar added

Bolzano
South Tyrol


23.03.2023

The Magician
in the Classroom.
Teaching with Film

(15-19 year olds)

Online seminar

 

New seminar date

 

Feldkirch
PH Vorarlberg


28.03.2023

The Magician
in the Classroom.
Teaching with Film

(11-14 year olds)

Online seminar

 

New seminar date

 

Feldkirch
PH Vorarlberg


29.03.2023

The Magician
in the Classroom.
Teaching with Film

(15-19 year olds)

Online seminar

 

New seminar date

 

Bolzano
South Tyrol


14.03.2023

The Magician
in the Classroom.
Teaching with Film

(15-19 year olds)

Online seminar

 

New seminar date

 

Salzburg
PH Salzburg

21.03.2023

Scenes for the
classroom from
Oscar-nominated films


In Salzburg

 

The Trilogy
Teaching with Film 1, 2 and 3 now
available as a 3-book packet

 


Teaching with
Film 1
+
Teaching with
Film 2
+
Teaching with
Film 3


978-3-9503424-5-1

 € 59.00 

Martin Bradley
stone river books, 2022



Teaching with Film 1
available as eBook

 

Volume 1
(as Kindle eBook)
978-3-9503424-3-7
New price:  € 4.90 
Martin Bradley
stone river books, 2020

Revised and extended
ebook, 2020

(175 scenes from 100 movies)


Ein Projekt von
Ebbe und Flut


 


Mein wundervolles
Sechs-Worte-Tagebuch
Schreibkalender 2022




.
.. durch die Wellen schreiben

Martin Bradley:
cover design, layout

 

New seminar date

 

Vienna
PH Wien

24.11.2022

Film and
Creative Writing


 

New seminar date

 

St Pölten
PH Niederösterreich

03.03.2022

Scenes from
Oscar-nominated films
for the English-language classroom
(15-19 year olds)


 

New seminar date

 

Innsbruck
PH Tirol

10.01.2022

Seminar 1
The Magician in the Classroom.
Teaching with Film

(For 10-14 year olds)

Seminar 2
The Magician in the Classroom.
Teaching with Film

(For 15-19 year olds)

 

New seminar date

 


Feldkirch
PH Vorarlberg

11.01.2022

Seminar 1
The Magician in the Classroom.
Teaching with Film

(For 10-14 year olds)

Seminar 2
The Magician in the Classroom. Teaching with Film
(For 15-19 year olds)

 

New seminar date

 

Vienna
PH Wien

09.03.2022

(More) Film
as Lead in


 

New seminar date

 

Baden
PH Niederösterreich

08.11.2021

The Magician in the Classroom.
Teaching with Film

(10-14 year olds)

 

New seminar date

 

Salzburg
PH Salzburg

30.11.2021

Scenes from
Oscar-nominated films
for the English-language classroom
(15-19 year olds)


 

New seminar

 

The Magician in the Classroom.
Teaching with Film

Practical magic. Film scenes for the
English-language classroom


Bring the magic of cinema into your classroom. Motivate. Inspire. And learn English too. A practical seminar/workshop providing new ideas and inspiration for using film in the English-language classroom.

From introducing a new topic to triggering a creative writing task, from modelling a communication skill to illustrating a situation, a well-chosen film scene can be the core of a lesson and provides a multitude of uses in the English-language classroom.

Combine a film scene with a task-based, skills-based lesson and use communicative language teaching methods then you have a practical, relevant and powerful tool for learning English (and about life too).

You want to add something extra to your lessons, something visual, something with a bit of magic? Try teaching with film. An overview.

Content
1. Trigger | Introduce | Listen | 4 skills | Illustrate | Model | Creative writing | Language | Act out |Visual

2. Analysing a film scene | One scene: All levels | The 3 Ps | Dos/Don'ts | Software

3. Workshop


New seminar date

 

Vienna
PH Wien

25.11.2021

The Film.
The Screenplay.
The Soundtrack.

 

New seminar date

 

Baden
PH Niederösterreich

Seminar 1
(Face-to face seminar)
07.10.2021


Scenes from
Oscar-nominated films

for the English-language classroom

(10-14 year olds)



Seminar 2

(Online seminar)
13.10.2021

Scenes from
Oscar-nominated films

for the English-language classroom

(10-14 year olds)

 

Online clips from
Moveclips.com added


 

Teaching with Film 1


 
About a Boy
Bridget Jones's Diary
The Devil Wears Prada
Election

Erin Brockovich
Forrest Gump
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Gandhi
Julie & Julia
Love, Actually
Moonstruck


Teaching with Film 2


Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Invictus
Romeo + Juliet


Teaching with Film 3


Finding Forrester
First Man
Lady Bird
La La Land
Little Women
North by Northwest
Rocketman
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Steve Jobs
The Weather Man
Wonder
Yesterday
You've Got Mail


Seminar date changes

 


The seminars planned for the
winter semester have been
postponed to the summer semester.

For the new dates see Seminars.


 

New seminar date

 

Baden
PH Niederösterreich

13.04.2021

Scenes from
Oscar-nominated films

for the English-
language classroom

(For 10-14 year olds)

 

Book trailers
Teaching with Film 3


 


From August 17th
six book trailers for
Teaching with Film 3

See Trailers

 

Teaching with Film 3


 


NEW: September 1st 2020
Teaching with Film
3







Teaching with Film
Online shop


 



Teaching with Film,
Teaching with Film 2
and Teaching with Film 3
can now be purchased direct
from the publisher at the new shop







 






 

New seminar date

 

Vienna
Pädagogische Hochschule
Wien


18.03.2021

Scenes from
Oscar-nominated films

for the English-
language classroom


 

New seminar date

 

Innsbruck
Pädagogische Hochschule
Tirol


11.01.2021

Seminar 1
Teaching with Film 2021
(For 10-14 year olds)

Seminar 2
Teaching with Film 2021
(For 15-19 year olds)

 

New seminar date

 


Feldkirch
Pädagogische Hochschule
Vorarlberg


12.01.2021

Seminar 1
Scenes from
Oscar-nominated films

for the English-language classroom
(For 10-14 year olds)

Seminar 2
Scenes from
Oscar-nominated films

for the English-language classroom
(For 15-19 year olds)

 

New seminar date

 

Salzburg
Pädagogische Hochschule
Salzburg


24.11.2020

Scenes from
Oscar-nominated films
for the English-language classroom

 

Teaching with Film 1 as ebook

 





The first volume of the
Teaching with Film series
has now been published
as a Kindle ebook and
is available on Amazon.


See Buy page.






Teaching with Film

Revised and extended ebook, 2020

978-3-9503424-3-7 / € 9.90

Martin Bradley
stone river books, 2020


New seminar date

 

Vienna
Pädagogische Hochschule, Wien

02.12.2020

English Teachers' Day 2020
Seminar 1
The Film. The Screenplay.

Seminar 2
The Film. The Soundtrack.

Seminar 1: The Film. The Screenplay.
Combining the use of a film scene and its screenplay provides a myriad of options for the English-language classroom. We can use it to work on all 4 skills, provide useful vocabulary and phrases, and, by practicing acting skills, ensure it's not forgotten.

Seminar 2: The Film. The Soundtrack.
The soundtrack is an integral part of a film. In recent years films with music as their main theme have proved highly successful at the box office. By combining a film scene and the lyrics of the song it depicts we can create skills- and task-based lessons which are enjoyable, challenging and relevant.

New seminar date

 

Salzburg
Pädagogische Hochschule,
Salzburg


23.11.2020

Scenes from
Oscar-nominated films
for the English-language classroom

 

New seminar date

 

Vienna

Pädagogische Hochschule,
Wien


10.12.2020

Film and Creative Writing
Using film to encourage
creativity in writing English

 

New seminar date

 

Vienna

Pädagogische Hochschule,
Wien


26.03.2020

Scenes from
Oscar-nominated
films

for the English-language classroom


New seminar date

 


Innsbruck
Pädagogische Hochschule,
Tirol


13.01.2020

Seminar 1
Scenes from
Oscar-nominated
films

for the English-language classroom
(For 10-14 year olds)

Seminar 2
Scenes from
Oscar-nominated
films

for the English-language classroom
(For 15-19 year olds)

 

New seminar

 

Scenes from Oscar-nominated films
for the English-language classroom

Finding film scenes to use in the classroom can be a time-consuming business. So why not reduce your workload by concentrating on the best English-language films as determined by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annually in Los Angeles.

Here is a selection of scenes from films which were nominated for an Oscar in recent years. How can we use them in the classroom?

From Bohemian Rhapsody to Green Book: film scenes to motivate, inspire and learn about life.

Teaching with film. An overview.

Content
1. Trigger | Introduce | Listen | 4 skills | Illustrate | Model | Creative writing
2. Analysing a film scene | One scene: All levels | The 3 Ps | Dos/Don'ts | Software

 

Seminars

 

Graz

Pädagogische Hochschule, Steiermark

08.10.2018


Around the World in a Day
A whistlestop cinematic tour
of the English-speaking world


Second seminar date added


Seminars

 

Absam
Pädagogische Hochschule,
Tirol


16.05.2019

Film as Lead in

Introduce. Trigger. Focus


Seminars

 

Vienna
Pädagogische Hochschule, Wien

05.12.2018

English Teachers' Day 2018
FilmFIVE
5 film scenes. 5 lesson starts.


Cousteau
to McDonald’s. LA to Taiwan. Poetry to jazz.
Five ways to use film scenes to start your lesson.


New seminar

 

(More) Film as Lead in

Introduce. Trigger. Focus

Introduce a topic. Trigger interest. Focus attention. Encourage punctuality!

Film scenes are the perfect tool for both beginning a lesson and starting to look at new subjects. In this seminar we take a look at film scenes to introduce eight commonly covered subjects in the English-language classroom.

Motivate your students and get your lessons off to a successful start by enhancing them with the visual impact of film.

This seminar is a follow-up to the seminar Film as Lead in and offers film scenes to lead into eight additional commonly needed topics.

 

Seminars

 

Innsbruck
Pädagogische Hochschule,
Tirol


14.01.2019

Seminar 1
More Film as Lead in

Introduce. Trigger. Focus

Seminar 2
The Five Scene Workshop
Four models
and a lesson plan

   

Seminars

 

Vienna
Pädagogische Hochschule, Wien

22.10.2018

The Five Scene Workshop
Four models
and a lesson plan


Seminars

 

Vienna
Pädagogische Hochschule, Wien

05.12.2018

English Teachers' Day 2018
Topic to be confirmed


Seminars

 

Graz

Pädagogische Hochschule, Steiermark

01.10.2018


Around the World in a Day
A whistlestop cinematic tour
of the English-speaking world



Seminars

 


Bozen,
South Tyrol, Italy

Innovation and Consultancy Service (BIB)

12.11.2018

Seminar 1
Film as Lead in

Introduce. Trigger. Focus

Seminar 2
The Five Scene Workshop
Four models
and a lesson plan




13.11.2018

Seminar 1
Around the World
in 180 Minutes
A whistlestop film tour around
the English-speaking world


Seminar 2
The Five Scene Workshop
Four models
and a lesson plan



Seminars

 

Innsbruck

Pädagogische Hochschule,
Tirol


18.01.2018

Seminar 1
Film as Lead in

Introduce. Trigger. Focus

Seminar 2
Creativity Through Film
Film and creative writing


Seminars

 

Vienna
Pädagogische Hochschule,
Wien


05.04.2018

Film as Lead in
Introduce. Trigger. Focus


New seminar

 


Film as Lead in

Introduce. Trigger. Focus

Introduce a topic. Trigger interest. Focus attention. Encourage punctuality!

Film scenes are the perfect tool for both beginning a lesson and starting to look at new subjects. In this seminar we take a look at film scenes to introduce eight commonly covered subjects in the English-language classroom.

Motivate your students and get your lessons off to a successful start by enhancing them with the visual impact of film.

 

Seminars

 

Vienna
Pädagogische Hochschule,
Wien


06.12.2017
Creativity Through Film
Film and creative writing


Seminars


Innsbruck

Pädagogische Hochschule,
Tirol


05.09.2017
The Five Scene Workshop
Four models
and a lesson plan



Seminars

 

Linz

Pädagogische Hochschule,
Upper Austria


19.10.2017
Teaching English
with Film

Introductory seminar


Seminars

 

Linz

Private Pädagogische Hochschule
der Diözese Linz


28.02.2018
Between Childhood
and Adulthood

Film scenes on
the teenage years



Seminars

 

Eisenstadt

Pädagogische Hochschule, Burgenland

09.11.2017
Teaching Business
English with Film


Seminars

 

Feldkirch

Pädagogische Hochschule, Vorarlberg

30.03.2017
Around the World
in a Day



Seminars


Graz

Pädagogische Hochschule, Steiermark

13.10.2017

Teaching Business
English with Film



New!

 

NEW!

Teaching with Film 2



Volume 2
Another 150 scenes
from 87 more movies


You’re an English teacher wanting to use film scenes in your lessons but don’t have the time to find them? Then Teaching with Film 2 is for you! 150 scenes ready-to-use in the English-language classroom.

Film inspires. Film breaks down barriers. Film empowers. For learners of English the cinema offers the best alternative to spending time in an English-speaking country. And film motivates! Add something extra to your lessons. Add something visual. Add a bit of magic. Just add film! Teaching with Film 2


Updated!

 

The original!
Teaching with Film



Updated 2nd edition
175 scenes
from 100 movies



The original Teaching with Film updated and extended with 12 new scenes.

Seminars

 

Graz

Pädagogische Hochschule, Steiermark

12.10.2017


Creativity Through Film
Film and creative writing


Seminars

 


Additional seminar
Innsbruck

Pädagogische Hochschule, Tirol

20.01.2017

Between Childhood and Adulthood
Film scenes on the teenage years


Seminars

 

Additional seminar
Innsbruck

Pädagogische Hochschule, Tirol

20.01.2017

The Book. The Film.


Seminars

 

Vienna
(English Teachers' Day)
Pädagogische Hochschule, Wien

30.11.2016

Shakespeare in Film
Shakespeare in 90 minutes


As the 400th anniversary year of his death draws to a close: 90 minutes of Shakespeare, in film.

Using clips from the best movie adaptations of his work from the last 25 years together with successful film references we can trigger a variety of follow-up tasks.

William Shakespeare for the 21st century English-language classroom.

"How Shakespeare would have loved cinema!"
Derek Jarman, British film director
(Dancing Ledge, 1993)


Seminars

 

Innsbruck

Pädagogische Hochschule, Tirol

19.01.2017

Between Childhood and Adulthood
Film scenes on the teenage years


Seminars

 

Innsbruck

Pädagogische Hochschule, Tirol

19.01.2017

The Book. The Film.


Seminars

 

Vienna

Pädagogische Hochschule, Wien

27.03.2017

Around the World
in 180 Minutes



Seminars

 

Graz

Pädagogische Hochschule, Steiermark

11.01.2017

Teaching Business
English with Film



Seminars

 

Graz

Pädagogische Hochschule, Steiermark

21.11.2016

Creativity Through Film
Film and creative writing


Seminars

 

Linz

Private Pädagogische Hochschule
der Diözese Linz


05.04.2017
Between Childhood and Adulthood
Film scenes on the teenage years

 

Seminars

 

Eisenstadt

Pädagogische Hochschule, Burgenland

20.10.2016

From Jaws to Jane Austen.
Teaching English with Film

(Introductory seminar)

 

Seminars

 

Vienna
Pädagogische Hochschule, Wien

English Teachers' Day
30.11.2016
Theme to be announced

12.12.2016
Between Childhood and Adulthood
Film scenes on the teenage years









 

Seminars

 

Hollabrunn
Pädagogische Hochschule, Niederösterreich

31.03.2016

Around the World
in 180 Minutes



Three additional seminar dates

 

Innsbruck

Pädagogische Hochschule, Tirol

23.10.2015
Creativity Through Film
(Includes:
Teaching Creative Writing with Film
plus The Film Trailer Lesson)

19.02.2016
(Morning)
The Five Scene Workshop

19.02.2016

(Afternoon)
Around the World in 180 Minutes


Seminars

 

Hollabrunn
Pädagogische Hochschule, Niederösterreich

25.02.2016

Creativity Through Film

03.03.2016

The Five Scene Workshop


Seminars

 

Vienna
(English Teachers' Day)
Pädagogische Hochschule, Wien

02.12.2015

Four Film Scenes.
Four Lessons



A picture is worth a thousand words. And a film scene is worth a thousand pictures. Film motivates, film illustrates and film inspires.

Four film scenes embedded in skills-based lessons as models for using film in the English-language classroom.


New seminar

 

Between Childhood
and Adulthood

Film scenes on the teenage years

 


Peer pressure, gender issues, patchwork families, parental expectations; the challenges of the teenage years are a recurring theme in cinema.

Using film scenes is a great way to address issues which directly affect students and to bring the English language to life.

They can be used to trigger a range of skills-based tasks and lessons and add another dimension to the English-language classroom
.

A 4-unit seminar on how to use film scenes to build skills-based lessons, with a focus on issues affecting teenagers.


Seminars

 

Feldkirch

Pädagogische Hochschule, Vorarlberg

18.01.2016
Creativity Through Film

20.01.2016

Teaching Business English
with Film



Seminars

 


Innsbruck

Pädagogische Hochschule, Tirol

18.02.2016
(Morning)
The Five Scene Workshop

18.02.2016

(Afternoon)
Around the World in 180 Minutes


Seminars

 

Baden
Pädagogische Hochschule, Niederösterreich

05.11.2015

Around the World in 180 Minutes

26.11.2015

The Five Scene Workshop


New seminar

 


Around the World in
180 Minutes


International film scenes
for the English-language classroom


From New Zealand to Canada, Ireland to India, Australia to South Africa. Film scenes are a great way to illustrate the diversity of the English language and the countries where it is spoken.

How can we use them? What do they tell us?

A 4-unit seminar aimed at using film scenes to look at the diversity of the English-speaking world.


Bookshops

 

Teaching with Film
is now available in
Linz
at the following bookshops:

ALEX (Hauptplatz 21)

Veritas (Harrachstraße 5)

 

Seminars

 


Innsbruck

Pädagogische Hochschule, Tirol
22.10.2015
Creativity through Film
(Includes:
Teaching Creative Writing with Film
plus The Film Trailer Lesson)


Seminars

 

Graz

Pädagogische Hochschule, Steiermark
10.12.2015
From Jaws to Jane Austen.
Teaching English with Film

(Introductory seminar)


Seminars

 

Linz

Private Pädagogische Hochschule
der Diözese Linz

06.04.2016
From Jaws to Jane Austen.
Teaching English with Film

(Introductory seminar)


ELTons 2015

 

Teaching with Film on the longlist for the ELTons 2015 in the category Innovation in Teacher Resources.

The annual international awards are organized by the British Council and sponsored by Cambridge English for innovation in English language teaching.

Shortlist to be announced in March, awards ceremony in London in June.


Seminars

 

Vienna
Pädagogische Hochschule, Wien
17th November 2015
The Book. The Film.


Seminars

 

Baden
Pädagogische Hochschule, Niederösterreich

05.03.2015

Teaching Business English with Film

26.03.2015

The Five Scene Workshop

30.04.2015
Creativity Through Film


Seminars


Vienna
(English Teachers' Day)
Pädagogische Hochschule, Wien
03.12.2014
The Film Trailer Lesson

 

Seminars

 

Feldkirch

Pädagogische Hochschule, Vorarlberg
27.11.2014
Teaching English with Film


Seminars

 

Vienna

Pädagogische Hochschule, Wien
25.03.2015
Teaching English with Film


Seminars

 

Windischgarsten

Pädagogische Hochschule, Oberösterreich
13/14.11.2014
Teaching English with Film


Seminars

 

St Pölten
(English Teachers' Day)
Pädagogische Hochschule, Niederösterreich
10.11.2014
Teaching English with Film


Seminars

 

Baden
Pädagogische Hochschule, Niederösterreich
23.10.2014
Teaching English with Film


Article


 

Article published in
English Teaching professional magazine
on teaching English with film


Bradley, Martin
Moving pictures
English Teaching professional
Issue 91
(March 2014)



Seminars

 


Innsbruck

Pädagogische Hochschule, Tirol
20.03.2014
Teaching English with Film

 

Seminars

 

Vienna

Pädagogische Hochschule, Wien
13.03.2014
Teaching English with Film

 

Seminars

 

Faaker See
(English Teachers' Day)
Pädagogische Hochschule, Kärnten
11.03.2014
Teaching English with Film

 

Competition

 


January 2014
The competition is now closed


 

Seminars

 

Innsbruck

Pädagogische Hochschule, Tirol
12.12.2013
Teaching English with Film

 

Seminars

 

Feldkirch

Pädagogische Hochschule, Vorarlberg
05.12.2013
Teaching English with Film

 

Seminars

 

Vienna
(English Teachers' Day)
Pädagogische Hochschule, Wien
03.12.2013
Creative writing and film

 

Seminars

 

Innsbruck

Pädagogische Hochschule, Tirol
21.11.2013
Teaching Business English with Film

 

Seminars

 

Baden
Pädagogische Hochschule, Niederösterreich
07.11.2013
Teaching English with Film

 

Seminars

 

Hollabrunn
Pädagogische Hochschule, Niederösterreich
17.10.2013
Teaching English with Film

 

Book fair

 

14-17th March 2013
Teaching with Film will be in Hall 4 at Stand B401:
Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels.


Book fair

 

10-15th February 2013
Teaching with Film will be at the following stand: Gemeinschaftsstand des Österreichischen Buchhandels.



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