Elementary School English (Kevin and Ann)

 

Year published/aired: 2006 (books 1991-2002)

Year produced/filmed: 1999

# of episodes: 2x16

Grade: (3-) 5-6

Genres: Everyday's situtations

Sub-subject: New York

Broadcaster: -

Production company: 

Production country: South Korea ?

Producer:  

Story: 

Editor:

Director:

Media: CD-ROM x2

Media distribution: Kumsung

Additional media: teacher books

Working material:

Material publisher: 

Novel available:

Other literature: 

Plot (short): A course from South Korea. At least for grades 3-6. There are supplement CD-ROMs for each grade, but I think only grades 5+6 have these live-action scenes. Characters are Jinho, Nami, Mrs. Smith, Peter, Joon, and Ann. Kevin, Mike, Jenny, and Sam appear only in American scenes, and Kevin appears in Korea. Kevin (pic 2 below) was also named Bill in 5th grade. Pic 1 showing Joon with painted freckles.

Setting is South Korea and there are Korean children such as Mina and Minsu, but the school is an elementary school attended by Americans, probably a foreign school.

I don't know Korean, but I did some research, mainly for the CDs. Best source is the Namu Wiki and the Naver blog.

The main book cartoon character and maybe the series title is Jito (in English Zeeto) Korean 지토. It's a small green flying Alien. (The Book title is 영어 (what means English) and below Elementary School English and the grade). The Alien isn't pictured on the cover but kids. Update: pictured on grade 3+4 books. Book publishers for grade 3+4 was Genius Education aka Chunjae (천재교육), For grade 5+6 Kumsung Publishing aka Geumseong (금성출판사).

Not much is known about the actors. On the Namu wiki I found at least one name of a Korean child actor, Ahn Jae-hong (안재홍 * 1989). Korean title: 초등학교 영어5. Best search term 추억의 초등학교 영어 CD.

All clips (live-action and animation/clay) of grade 6 (on 13 pages), other clips are on YouTube, mainly uploader wayhenry.

https://blog.naver.com/kmt0401/222887599575

Other sources including the wiki

https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%A7%80%ED%86%A0

https://thewaygookeffect.blogspot.com/2011/02/10-worst-dialogues-of-public-elementary.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv5t9dZ_NN0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyuAaF2L1pM

Updates: All book covers of different years (and I think different publishers)

https://m.blog.naver.com/sglee6175/221832774204

Screenshots including how clips appear on screen within a page, and ISO

https://m.blog.naver.com/lsn5371/222031322046

Update 2: There are also English sites on the Namu Wiki, at least the characters (also check the main categories, some pages still missing) charactersm 2nd link for Jito:

https://en.namu.wiki/w/%EC%98%81%EC%96%B4%EA%B3%BC/%EC%BA%90%EB%A6%AD%ED%84%B0

https://en.namu.wiki/w/%EC%A7%80%ED%86%A0

I found a later editions with other actors

https://schulfernsehenenglischhistory.blogspot.com/2025/02/elementary-school-english-later-edition.html

https://schulfernsehenenglischhistory.blogspot.com/2025/02/elementary-school-english-ybm-kim-2020.html

 

Episodes: clips are very short ~20 seconds each. Each unit has 2 clips. 352x240px

Grade 3 ?

Grade 4: Units from Back CD cover (no live-action ?)

1. Nice to Meet You

2. Don't Do That

3. How old are you?

4. What Time is it?

5. Who is she?

6. Is this your cap?

7. Sorry, I can't

8. How much is it?

Grade 5: 

1. How Are You?

2. What Day is it Today?

3. It's under the Table

4. What a nice Day

5. Where is Namdaemum?

6. I get up at Seven every day

7. She's tall

8. Let's go swimming!

9. Whose Boat is this ? (swimming here)

10. Do you want some more?

11. What are you doing?

12. This is a bedroom

13. What did you do yesterday?

14. Is Peter here?

15. Can yo join us?

16. Did you have a nice vacation?

Grade 6:

1. Where Are you from?

2. Is this York Street?

3. I like Spring

4. When is your birthday?

5. May I Help You?

6. Can I Have Some Water?

7. My Father is a Pilot

8. What Will You Do This Summer?

9. How was your Vacation?

10. I'm stronger than you

11. What Do You Want to do?

12. Will you Help me Please?

13. That's Too Bad

14. Would you like to come to My House?

15. It's Time to go Home

16. So long, Everyone! 

 

Total English

Year published/aired: 2005 

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 10-12 units each

Grade: A1-C1 

Genres: basics, grammar

Sub-subject:

Broadcaster: -

Production company: 

Producer: 

Story: Richard Acklam, Jonathan Bygrave, ...

Editor: 

Director: 

Media: digital

Media distribution: Pearson

Additional media: books, Class Audio CD, digital ...

Working material: 

Material publisher: Pearson, Stark

Novel available:

Other literature:

Plot (short): A six level general course for adults. Books with DVDs for students and resource packs for teachers including CD-ROM, interactive whiteboard (Active teach) and Class CDs. Current edition is called New Total English. Also as split edition with 6 intensive units. I haven't seen them all. Some few kids and teens shown. Pic from Pre-intermediate episode 2.

Episodes: Unknown DVD length. New Total English, ~2-4 minutes each clip

Starter

1. Favourites (city)

2. A journey (Canada, Montreal, Nova Scotia)  

3. The flowers

4. Holiday places (UK, USA)

5. The interview (rock star London)

6. The company (office, baker, shop)

7. Get active (different hobbies, mainly sports)

8. 100 years ago (UK in 1901, 1902, b&w) kids, adults, soccer

9. Job hunting (young lady)

10. Change your life (family moving from UK to NZ)

Elementary 

 1. Meeting People (adult at different houses)

...

Pre-Intermediate

1. London Life

2. El Sistema (pictured) Venezuala kids orchestra

Intermediate

 1. Jamies America (cook Jamie Olivier) fiesta party in Mexico

Upper Intermediate

1. Online Addiction

Advanced

1. Ultimate challenge (Steve Fossett, 2006 record flight)

...

Enjoy English

 

Year published/aired: (2006) 2011 

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 

Grade: A2-B1 (3-6)

Genres: basics, grammar

Sub-subject: culture

Broadcaster: -

Production company:

Producer: 

Story: Odile Martin-Coucher, Sophie Plays,

Editor: 

Director: 

Media: DVD

Media distribution: Editions Didier (now: Editions Hatier)

Additional media: books, audio CDs, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM

Working material: 

Material publisher:

Novel available:

Other literature:

Plot (short): A French course. At least 2 DVD sets for New Enjoy English (Enjoy English - Nouvelle Edition). Other courses from this publisher are E for English, Rise & Shine!, New Password, World in Motion - Palier 2 (DVD for Enjoy 4e), Happy Time, and others. Pic from New Enjoy English 5e (Quincy Market, Boston, taken from the book).

Episodes: unknown DVD length, I assume at least 60 minutes (I haven't found DVDs for grades 3e, 4e, but DVD-ROMs, and I haven't found DVDs for 1st ed. Enjoy English.) 2/3 chapters from the books, clips:

 

The New Enjoy English 5e 2DVD

-The British Bunch

 

-Hi from the U.S.

--Places to go... in Boston (Book 2) 5e

1. Boston Common (America's oldest park)

2. the New England Aquarium

3. Quincy Market (pictured)

4. The Museum of Science (dinosaurs and butterfly garden)

 

--American Sports (Book 3)

 5. Field Hockey

6. American Football

7. Wiffle Ball

--Yellowstone National Park (Book 4)

9. A major tourist attraction  (grizzly bears, bisons)

10. In the past... (hot springs)

 

The New Enjoy English 6e 2 DVD

-The British Bunch

(Tamara, Luis, Nathan, Matthew, Molly, Joseph, D'nai, Natalya)

--Introduce yourself and your friend

--Play "Imaginary identities"

--Write a poem with a friend

--Play a card game

--Now, play a memory game (book 2)

 

-Hello from Britain

-- A morning at Sandwich Technology School

1. Getting ready (school uniforms)

2. Start of the day (Getting off the bus, registration)

3. Packed lunches (lunch break)

4. ...

 

English G 21: Out and About 1

Year published/aired: 2006 

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 6 (each grade)

Grade: 5-

Genres: everyday's situations

Sub-subject:

Broadcaster: -

Production company: Tellus Vision (Sweden)

Producer: Anna Nordqvist

Story: Barbara Derkow-Disselbeck, Allen Woppert

Editor:

Director: Anna Nordqvist

Media: 1xDVD

Media distribution: Cornelsen

Additional media: books, CD-ROMs, Audio CD, readers, ...

Working material:

Material publisher: Cornelsen

Novel available:

Other literature: 

Plot (short): Another DVD from German publisher Cornelsen (1 for 5th grade, 2 for 6th grade). Not sure if the kids from the cover are shown in the movies. I think most scenes showing kids in school uniforms. Set in Bristol. Also including animated scenes. Unknown length, maybe in total 60 minutes but including animations.

There are 3 more DVDs in this G 21 series, probably for grades 3-5, 3: WWW (What's in? What's on? What's up?), 4: WWW, 5: Viewing (eg. Australia). One Audio CD is called: Bristol Radio Roadshow. The reader: The Case of the Corner Shop Robbers. Both for 5th grade.

Barbara Derkow also directed The Groovy Granny Show and several other early series, including the 1980s (Two-Two-O-One, ....). Tellus Vision also made Ghost Stories.

Out & About is also an unrelated 2015 series by Cambridge University Press. A 3rd Out and About which has interactive CD-ROMs with video contents is from SEMERC/Granada Learning.

Another later series is (English G) Lighthouse.

https://schulfernsehenenglischhistory.blogspot.com/2022/05/english-g-lighthouse.html

 

Episodes:

1. Meeting People (at school ?)

2. People at Home (family)

3. Shopping 

4. Mealtime 

5. It was great! (School party or other at school or fair?)

6. Going places (probably Sightseing)

That's me

 

Year published/aired: ~2006

Year produced/filmed: 2004 ?

# of episodes: 6

Grade: 6

Genres: Teen lives

Sub-subject: culture/geography

Broadcaster:  WDR

Production company:

Story:

Editor:

Director:

Producer:

Media: VHSx6

Media distribution/sponsor:

Additional media:

Working material:

Material publisher:

Novel available:

Other literature:

Plot (short):  6 teens of UK and Ireland presenting their towns, also showing families and schools. Scottish Highlands, Irish Connemara, Pembrokeshire (Wales).

Episodes: ~10 minutes each

1. Amy in Milford Haven (Girl + 2 brothers in Wales), Motorbike and Jazz band, brother drummer.

2. Dominic in Cam (10th grade boy, Gloucestershire, rowing, paper round. Father Mick Jagger double

3. Roisin in Carna (Ireland) girl+brother and sister, Religion, Basketball, actress

4. Naela in Bristol (girl+2 younger sisters)

5. Graham in Inverness (Scotland, sports, Football, traditional Scottish music, Graham in kilt, Gaelic) pictured

6. Georgina in Bournemouth (16 yo girl with 1 twin sister)

Info: Also used in Sweden

Flirt English

 

Year published/aired: 2006-2011

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 18 in 2 seasons

Grade: 7-13

Genres: soap

Sub-subject: everyday's situations

Broadcaster:  WDR

Production company: Footstep productions

Story: Len Brown, Colette Thomson

Director: Len Brown, Colette Thomson

Media:

Media publisher:

Additional media: books, audio books

Working material: different material for different kind of schools, sheets, pictures, diaries

Material publisher: Thienmann, Langenscheidt, Hueber

Novel available:

Other literature: 

Plot (short): Lives of 4 teens in Cologne. Britains Julie and Nina meet Germans Can and Alex. In season 2 (set in Brighton) Britains Elizabeth and Holly meet Germans Nico and Hannes.

Situations: School, Shopping, Basketball, Getting a job, Birthday party, Karate...

Episodes: 10 minutes each

Season 1 mainly for 7th Grade

1. New in Cologne

2. First Date

3. Metting up

4. Sausages with Pudding

5. Welcome to My World

6. A Day Out

7. Falling Out

8. Making up

9. Bollywood Birthday

10. Good bye

Season 2 (Grades 9-10)

1. Welcome to Brighton

2. Pancakes & Karate

3. Fitness & Flirting

4. Tantrums & Time-outs

5. Vintage Future

6. Fireworks & Farewells

Cast:

The only pro actress is Shefali Verma (25 yo) as Nin