Friends in London (Friends)

 

Friends (New Friends) was a 4 level course from Pearson Longman ca 2002. 16 units per level. A similar later course was Wider World (2017).

I have to check Friends later. At least New Friends also has CD-ROMs. One supplement for the first 2 levels (Starter and 1 or 1 and 2) was a VHS video Friends in London - Video. Plot: 2 friends tell each other about all the fun they have. (Can't say if boys or girls). There was a booklet (Video activity book) for the VHS, separate and as a pack with the VHS. Tests, projects, games, songs etc.

I haven't found details, length of the VHS nor screenshots or clip. I have to check the books, I only found book 3.

Pic above from the book, level 3, girls are Vicki and Kim. Maybe these are the 2 friends as there are also pics of them at Leeds Castle and at the airport.  

Update: I found the same pics in course "In Touch" ca 2001. There is a combined CD pack for both. 

 

Postcards

 

Year published/aired: ~2002 (1st ed)

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes:  12 units each

Grade: 3-7  (?) ed 1?

Genres: basics, grammar

Sub-subject: teens lives

Broadcaster: -

Production company: 

Producer: 

Story: Brian Abbs, Ingrid Freebairn, Chris Baker 

Editor: 

Director: 

Media: CD-ROM, 2xDVD

Media distribution: 

Additional media: books, Class Audio CD, DVD-ROM,

Working material: 

Material publisher: Pearson Longman

Novel available:

Other literature:

Plot (short): A four-level secondary course for younger teens. American English. The oldest book I found is from Jan 2007 (2nd ed). Edition 1 is from ~2002 (Internet archive longman.com, levels and maybe no videos). Student books have CD-ROMs. And 2 teacher DVDs. (might be DVD-ROM) but contains video clips. DVD 1 is for levels 1+2, DVD 2 for 3+4. There are books with Language Booster and split editions (1A instead of A), split editions (levels 1-3). And a 2005 Power Pack edition with Audio CD and language booster (1st ed). There was also a test generator CD-ROM. Also included songs and (non-video) games.

Cover of level 1 showing Miami, level 2 New York, level 3 Texas, level 4 San Diego. One site stating grades 3-8 (8-12 yo) but looks rather for older teens to me (like the actors 14-15 yo). 

Pics taken from the book level 2 (2nd ed). Pic 2 showing Joe, Diane and Alex (left to right). So probably on DVD1.

Some other screenshots on an older official website. Sample clips don't work anymore. At least 8 clips (per DVD).

The prequel is Wider World (~2017). Some parts were adapted from 1998 course "Snapshot".

Also used in Thailand (Thai edition).

Characters: Lori Hudson (15 yo), Karen Jackson (14 yo), Paul Chan (director, 26 yo), Joe (Joseph Sanders, 15 yo), Diane Sanders (14 yo), Alex Romero (15 yo).

Episodes: Unknown DVD length

Postcards 2

Unit 1

-The New Director (Karen and Diane)

Unit 3

-Are there any chips left?

-Planning for the show

Unit 4 (rock climbing)

Unit 5

-The Problem with Alex

Unit 6 (clothes)

Unit 7

-The good news

Unit 8 (accident )

Unit 9

-Back at home

Unit 11

-Joe's advice

My Family and Me

Alternate title: Families around the World

Year published/aired: 2002 ?

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 26

Grade: 4-

Genres: Documentaries

Sub-subject: Geography

Broadcaster: TFO-TV Ontario, others

Production company: Marathon, now: Zodiak Media

Producer:  Olivier Bremond, Pascal Breton, Vincent Garenq

Story:  Vincent Garenq, Anita Bonan, others

Editor:

Director:

Media: VHSx26

Media distribution: Schlessinger Media

Additional media:

Working material:

Material publisher: 

Novel available:

Other literature: 

Plot (short): French documentaries about kids' lives in different countries.

There are 2 similar series by Marathon Media: This is My Country (52 episodes) and I Love My City (26 episodes), shown in catalogues of Zodiak Media (where this pic is from). Some few episodes (4) are available as stream. English adaption by Nicky Baker.

There is also a 1997 series "Montre-moi ton école" (26 ep) by Marathon. And Mon Animal et moi (52 ep).

Episodes: 13 minutes each

1. Devie and her Family in India (12 yo girl)

2. Anna-Katarina and her Family in Lapland (8 yo girl)

3. Lilian and her Family in Brazil (Family of 60)

4. Theo and his Family in England (10 yo boy)

 

My family from...

-Los Angeles (10 yo girl, LA)

-New York City (11 yo girl)

-France (11 yo boy Antoine)

-Italy (girl, Amalfi coast)

-India

-China (14 yo boy)

-Japan (11 yo boy, Tokyo) 

-Serbia-Montenegro (10 yo boy)

-Iceland (girl)

-Chile (5 yo boy, Valparaiso Hills)

-Cuba (girl)

-Burkina Faso (12 yo boy)

-Costa-Rica (9 yo boy)

-My Inuit family from Canada (12 yo girl)

Jordan, Vietnam, South Korea, Israel, South Africa, Greenland

Spelling with Spellits

 

Year published/aired: 2002-2003

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 8

Grade: 3-6

Genres: grammar

Sub-subject: vocabulary

Broadcaster: BBC, CBBC

Production company:

Story:

Editor:

Director: 

Producer: Karen Johnson

Media:

Media publisher:

Additional media: Books, ....

Working material:

Material publisher: 

Novel available:

Other literature: 

Plot (short): Grammar for grades 3-6. Animation, songs and sketches. Spellits are the animated characters: Ears, Eyes and Brain.

Part of the Look and Read series.

Episodes: 20 minutes each

Programme One-Eight

Weekend Stories

 

Year published/aired: 2002

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 4

Grade: 8

Genres: everyday's situations

Sub-subject: Geography

Broadcaster: WDR

Production company:

Story: Christiane von Stechow, Petra Lütke Brochtrup

Editor: Jörg Goralewski

Director: Barbara Derkow, Allen Woppert

Media: VHS

Additional media:

Working material: several books

Material publisher: Cornelsen , Ritterbach

Novel available:

Other literature: 

Plot (short): Students of the Kingsway Highschool in Chester talked every Friday after school what they going to do on the weekends.

Episodes: 15 minutes each

1. Tom's Story (He can't go to a Soccer game (Manchester) but his dad is camera man and Tom can act in a crime movie

2. Sophie's Story (visiting a zoo with her cousine)

3. Jane's Story (the man she worked for was being robbed and can't pay her so she can't buy a mountain bike), Wales

4. William's Story (14 yo boy from Wales has a romance and forgets the time, pictured)

Didactic suggestions: ep 4:

Internet research about Wales, showing random scene and guess what is about, non-verbal and verbal communication, collective writing of a poem

This Is Our Youth

Year published/aired: 2002 *

Year produced/filmed: 2002

# of episodes: 1

Grade: 7

Genres: drama stage play

Sub-subject:

Broadcaster: 

Production company: NCCC Coffehouse Theatre (Niagara County Community College)

Story: Kenneth Lonergan

Editor:

Director: Jack Hunter

Producer:

Media: VHSx1

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Novel available:

Other literature:

Plot (short):  Teen drama with 3 characters only set in 1982 New York. Stage play Oct 23, 2002 at Niagara County Community College. First premiered in 1996 and also played on Broadway and other locations. Cast include (not on this VHS) Kieran Culkin, Matt Damon and Michael Cera.

Cast here:  Dennis Ziegler, Rich McGrath, Warren Straub, Joshua A. Hibbard, Jessica Goldman, Tara Clark.

Episodes: 102 minutes 

Update: New entry previously not on my wiki. More infos about the (original) play on Wikipedia. Nothing much known about this 2002 version.