Notting Hill Gate

 

Year published/aired: 2008 ? (1. ed)

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes:  ~5 units each?

Grade: 5-10

Genres: basics, grammar

Sub-subject: culture

Broadcaster: -

Production company:

Producer: 

Story: 

Editor: 

Director: 

Media: DVD/online resources

Media distribution: Westermann (Diesterweg)

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

Working material: 

Material publisher: Westermann

Novel available:

Other literature:

Plot (short): A course for grades 5-10. Similar content, style and media like other German publishers (Cornelsen). Pic 1 is from Level 5, video 2 My Family, pic 2 below from level 6, video 1 Our Summer Holidays. From official samples, old edition (Bisherige) (2018 ?) but obviously the same as the 2023 edition.  Sorry, I forgot this. Camden Market Junior also coming soon. Same, different design on the editions (for more see Camden Town).

All DVDs are for teachers only.

And Audio CD with DVD for teachers. New edition 3 has DVD for teachers. Older editions had a 3 disc set (Audio disc, DVD-ROM, Video DVD).

There are CD-ROMs Multimedia Language Trainer (year 2000?, unknown if have videos, probably not, later called Multimedia Sprachtrainer). Audio CDs probably have kids and grown ups. Interactive Whiteboard DVD-ROMs (at least for Camden Town) don't have videos (but audio and pics).

There are related series like Camden Town (incl. Camden Town Advanced, 3 DVDs for teachers UK/USA) and Camden Market. Camden Town has student's workbooks with DVDs.

Some samples can be watched on the official site. At least titles of contents can be watched on the BiBox 2.0 site. Previews for units 1-3 but needs logged-in as teacher for almost all clips. Some more clips on the old edition. There are also (watermarked) previews of books showing some tiny screen caps of clips.

It can be used with the Diesterweg Sampler DVD-ROM.

Episodes: unknown DVD length, clips are short ~2+ minutes 

Notting Hill 5

Unit 1 People and Places

1. Welcome to Notting Hill (animated only ?)

2. My Family (That's Me)

3. People & Places: Notting Hill 

4. Welcome to Our School

Unit 2: A fresh start

1. Grandpa Phil tells a story: Bath in the bedroom

2. At the breakfast table (animated only?)

3. People and Places: An English breakfast

4. Breakfast time survey

5. At Hendon School (animated only?)

6. A Time Game

7. Welcome to my day

8. All about static electricity: Experiments  

Unit 3 Free time

1. What's on at Holland School (animated only?)

2. Come to cooking club

3. Come to Basketball club

4. People & Places: Football

5. Hobbies: Swimming

6. Sophie's Sport 

(7-8 animated only?)

9. Nanna's collections

11. Survey time: Hobbies

12. Meet my cats!

13. Meet my dog!

14. Our School Guinea Pigs

15. Grandpa Phil tells a story: Spots first photo

Unit 4

...

Notting Hill 6

1. Our Summer Holidays (Lewis (pictured), also Ben and Joe)

 ...

 

 

Family and Friends

Year published/aired: ~2008-

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes:

Grade: Pre A1-B2.1

Genres: everyday's situations

Sub-subject: grammar

Broadcaster: -

Production company:

Producer:

Story: Naomi Simmons,

Editor:

Director: 

Media: DVDx2 (each level)

Media distribution: Oxford University

Additional media: books Grammar Friends, class audio, CD-ROM, digital

Working material:

Material publisher: Oxford University

Novel available:

Other literature: 

Plot (short):  A seven-level course for young learners from Oxford University. First, I thought due to the covers that there would be just animations and this is true for the Starter level. But later there are very good clips.

Everyday English (Fluency Time) and  Skills (latter one studio scenes), at least 5 short clips each (on each level). Pic from 2nd ed. Family and Friends 3 (Everyday English: Things in common) what is my favourite level.

DVDs are included at least in the Class books (DVD and or Multi-ROM), student books (American ed.) but might depend on edition and country. Teacher's Books has a Fluency DVD. Teacher's Book Plus has also a CD-ROM and an audio CD (American ed.). There are also Parents' resources and digital contents.  

There's also American Family and Friends (maybe same clips?). And First Friends (2 levels), latter one maybe no DVD.

Episodes: each clip ~1-2 minutes. Unknown DVD length

 (selection, 2n Ed. )

Level 1. Unit 1. What's this?

Everyday English 1: Playing outside (playground)

Everyday English: At the dinner table

Skills: What's this?

Level 2: Everyday English: Making plans (outside)

Everyday English: Playing games (at home, younger blond boy and girl)

Everyday English: Classroom language

Level 3: Unit 1: How old are you?

Everyday English: Things in common (garden)

Everyday English: Giving directions (outside)

Level 6: Discussing future plans (at school)

Everyday English: Solving problems (classroom and outside) 2 boys, 2 girls

Reports in English: Teens in Cornwall

Another, this time a 3 part series, subseries of Reports in English: Great Britain & Ireland (~2008) which is part of Reports in English. 10 minutes each. Grades 7-13. I previously missed part 2. Published in Sweden by Solfilm.

1. Sam loves the Waves (pictured)

2. Caroline Loves People (18 yo girl at a camping shop)

3. Katy loves Animals (horse)

15 yo Sam (on the far left) lives in Newquay and likes surfing. He did a practical training at the British Surfing Association. But it ends not as thought.

Reports in English: Teens in London

Another subseries of Reports in English. Reports in English - Great Britain & Ireland (~2008). 3 parts, 10 minutes each, bilinguar. Grades 7-10.

3. Teens in London: Alice & her Music (15 yo in Greenwich) singing

4. Teens in London: Chris & his Big Exam (16 yo boy), pictured

5. Teens in London: Lucy & her Egyptian Family (13 yo) 

(other episodes, Cornwall and Ireland, see main entry)

I already had a pic of this episode in the main entry. I now found the complete clip, I think on planet schule via archive.org. Main character Chris is in the yellow shirt. They are also shown eating inside a cafe (instead of learning, one day before the exam in physics).

https://schulfernsehenenglischhistory.blogspot.com/2021/07/reports-in-english.html

Action USA!

 

Year published/aired: 2008, 2017

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes:  7 + Bonus (x3)

Grade: 8-

Genres: America

Sub-subject: teen lives, cultures

Broadcaster: - ?

Production company: Scoop Films (Berlin, 2008), JDM Productions (NY)

Media publisher: Klett

Story: Gerlind Becker, Markus Reinecke

Editor: Michael Mattison, Monique Kunhar

Director: Christian Mertens, John Miglietta (USA)

Media: DVD

Media publisher: Klett

Additional media: books, computer disks, 24 foils, app

Working material:

Material publisher: Klett/Egmont

Novel available: 

Other literature:

 

Plot (short): At least 3 different DVDs, 2 different production companies (Berlin, New York). And all might even differ for each German state. 

"Filmsequenzen DVD" (and listening comprehension) for school book series Green Line 4 (and at least 3). And Blue/Red/Orange Line 4. 4 means 4th year of English (8th grade). There's also a combined DVD "Action UK!/USA! 3" (Green Line 3) 2018, 40minutes+20 Bonus. Teen Lives, chores, American Football, Western scene,...

There are also DVDs Film in Action!, Action UK! And also Jobs in Action! and Action Worldwide!

First I haven't found any clips. But I later found a 7 minute trailer on jdmpromedia under Just Around the Corner (2017 Green Line, also pic below).

Episodes: DVD totals: 34 minutes (2008), 38 minutes (2017, Green Line, in Bavaria 42+15), 40 Minutes+17 (2017, Blue/Red/Orange Line)

 

2008 (Action USA! 4) incomplete list, OOP

(Maybe all here just photo stories in the books, so titles might differ)

-Meeting a star (photo story) probably American Football

-Go, Greg, go! (photo story) 

-At the Cruise-In (photo story ?) I found a sheet with b&w pics.

Awarded movie starring James Deacon as Greg. More infos (plot, cast) on Crew United.

2017 Green Line: (for G9: 4 units in book#4, units 5-7 in book#5)

1. Go on, text her! (5'41'')

2. School life: Dos and don'ts (Across cultures 2) 4'05''

3. New Yorkers don't do thing like that! 6'22

4. What you say and how you say it  (5'10)

5. America: A big salad bowl!? (5'51)

6. Zach and his chores (4'24)

7. A trip to die for? (6'47)

Bonus:

8. New York City, here we come! (4'52)

9. Talking about jobs (4'49)

 

2017 Blue/Red Orange:  incomplete list

-Way In (introduction, documentary)

-Film Corner (several short films of the teens showing their lives in the USA) Action-Filme? (see Action UK! for amount and samples of episodes).

(Pic below from 2017 Green Line)

It's British - isn't it?: The Gunpowder Plot

Year published/aired: 2008

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 1

Grade: 5-6 ?

Genres: History

Sub-subject: Time travel

Broadcaster: no ?

Production company: FWU ?

Media publisher: focus-multimedia

Story: Fawkes, Francis G.

Editor:

Director:

Media: DVDx1

Additional media: DVD-ROM parts, pics, sheets, booklet

Working material:

Material publisher: Klett, others

Novel available: yes

Other literature:

Plot (short): Another episode (4th DVD) of It's British - Isn't it?. This time a long DVD 90 minutes. Please note, that there are also other movies/DVDs with the same title (and even the same year). Set in 1605 and presence. German publisher Klett published a (working) book in 2008 (grade 7+), but maybe not for this movie, showing another boy. I think very few scenes of the boy.

Episodes: DVD 90 minutes including additional material. Main movie 25 minutes? 10 minute animation scene.