Speak Now

 

Year published/aired: 2012 

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes:  32 units (each) 

Grade: 13 ? (A1-B2)

Genres: Everyday's situations

Sub-subject:

Broadcaster: -

Production company: People's Television Inc.

Production country:

Producer of videos:

Story: Jack C. Richards, David Bohlke 

Editor:

Director:

Media: DVD-ROM/online

Media distribution: Oxford University

Additional media: books, CD-ROM, CDs, ebook, CDs, ...

Working material:

Material publisher: Oxford University

Novel available:

Other literature: 

Plot (short): A 4-level course from Oxford University for adults/young adults.

Pic from level 4 unit 7 (clip 3'22). 

In level 1 the son is called Eric and has shorter dark curly hair. Around 18-20 yo. He has a sister and/or neighbor Jill about his age. Tom and Maria might be the parents. Many screenshots in the student's book.

As usual DVDs are probably DVD-ROMs. The iTools Classroom Software has video and PowerPoint presentations (whiteboard ?). 

Episodes: unknown length, clips are very short ~2-4 minutes (as usual), at least ~21-29 minutes video per level. 

Level 1, clips (probably there are more), these are the main ones

1. New Neighbors

2. A Birthday Present 

3. Jill's Saturday

4. Maria Goes Shopping

5. Eric's Lucky Chair

6. Tom Cooks Dinner 

7. Jill's Trip (lessons 29-32)

Camden Market Junior

 

Year published/aired: 2012 (1. ed)

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes:  ~8 units each?

Grade: (3-4 junior)

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 5-8 (older two editions 5-10) for main series Camden Market, and 3-4 (and elementary 5/6 Camden Kids Junior) . Similar content, style and media like other German publishers (Cornelsen). Pics from Level 3, pic 1 Video 1, pic 2 video 5 taken from official samples on BiBox (probably current 2023 edition. Clips of older editions might be the same).

For more info see the main post about Camden Market and Camden Town.

Episodes: probably also ~ 61 minutes total for teacher DVD (each grade) but also has animated clips. Each clip few minutes only

Level 3

Unit 1: Video 1: Say hello! (pic 1)

Video 2 In My room

Video 3 Parks in London

Video 4 Survey time: food

Video 5 That's my family (pic 2) 

...

Level 4:

Video 1: What's the time Mr Wolf? 

Video 2: Big Ben

Video 3: Welcome to my day

Video 3: Welcome to my day 

Video 4: Come to Basketball club

Video 6: Let's talk about birthdays

Video 7: Pin the tail on the donkey 

Video 8: Survey time: What do you eat?

Video 9: Let's go shopping 

Video 10: Dishes in Great Britain

Video 12: Thomas and Catherine at the dentist

Video 13: Emergency vehicles

Video 14: My house

Video 15 A Bike ride with my dad

Video 16: Driving on the left 

Video 17 Bonfire night

Video 18: Let's make pancakes 

Video 19. Hot croos buns (animated only?)

Video 20 The Last day of Term (animated only?) 

Video 21: Survey time: School clubs

English Quest

 

Year published/aired: 2011 ?

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 6+3 units per level

Grade: Pre A1-B1 ?

Genres:  basics, everyday's situations

Sub-subject: songs, sketches, stories

Broadcaster: -

Production company:

Producer:

Story: Jeanette Corbett,

Editor:

Director: 

Media: DVD, CD-ROM

Media distribution: Macmillan 

Additional media: books, ebook, CD-ROM, class Audio CD,

Working material: Jeanette Corbett,

Material publisher: Macmillan

Novel available:

Other literature: 

Plot (short):  A six-level primary course for kids. Including videos called "Sketches", "Songs" and "Stories", letter one maybe animations only. My favourite scene is from Level 3 Unit 4 (sketches, pictured), official YouTube sample from Macmillan Polska. The boy called Tom also appeared at least in Level 1+2 (songs) in other clothes and also in a dark suit and tie (Level 3 unit 1 sketches). Also good outside in Level 3 unit 3.

There are DVDs (2011 and 2017 edition) at least still in Poland (levels 2+3), but I think this old course is not available anymore on the main site. For grades 1-3 (in Poland, maybe 1st English courses would be grade 5 elsewhere?). Most book and other DVD contents (at least early levels) are simple illustrations and animations. DVDs are region code 0. Teacher's packs are Multi ROM, probably DVD-ROM with more contents (worksheets, notes and for IWB interactive whiteboards). Oldest books are from Jan 2012. DVDs are obviously from 2011, maybe even film earlier. The 2011 (book) edition should differ greatly from 2012.

I found many official samples, not sure if that's complete. I also haven't checked book samples.

Songs should be on the CD-ROM but I don't know if video or audio only.

First published for Spain.

Episodes: unknown total length, most clips are very short ~1-4 minutes each

 

Everybody Up

Year published/aired: ~2012, 2016

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: ?

Grade: pre A1-B1, ~1st

Genres: basics

Sub-subject:

Broadcaster: -

Production company:

Producer:

Story: Susan Banman Sileci, Kathleen Kampa,

Editor:

Director: 

Media: digital pack only?

Media distribution: Oxford University 

Additional media: books, audio CDs, songs

Working material: Susan Banman Sileci,

Material publisher: Oxford University

Novel available:

Other literature: 

Plot (short):  Another interesting course from Oxford University. A seven-level primary  course aimed at 5-12 yo. American English. Cross-curricular lessons. Pic from official sample Level 1 unit 4 (second edition). DVDs including videos area available as Teachers Book Packs. And digital resources called itools (including interactive whiteboard).

Episodes: unknown length (most or all clips are very short, ~2 minutes)

Starter Level:

8 units/clips (animations only) 

Level 1:

Unit 1 Shapes

Unit 2: Colors

Unit 3: Toys

Unit 4: Food

Unit 5: Animals

Unit 6: Abilites

Unit 7: Healthy habits

Unit 8: Transportation

Level 2:

Unit 1: The senses

Unit 2: Places

Unit 3: Dairy products

Unit 4: Clothes

Unit 5: Activities

Unit 6: Numbers

Unit 7: Daily Routine

Unit 8: Countries

Level 3

Unit 1: Cooking

Unit 2 Activities

Unit 3: Illnesses

Unit 4: Countries

Unit 5 Adjectives

Unit 6: Farm chores (Social studies)

Unit 7: Weather

Unit 8: Technology 

Level 4...

 

Teens in the USA: Missouri: Cullen - Getting into Gear

Another part (episode 1) of this 6 part 2012 series. Missouri/San Diego. I found this pic and info some time ago on planet-schule. Surprisingly it's still there. Last aired Feb 2021. Movie was available up to July 2022. Sorry, I've seen that too late. But probably it will be rebroadcasted later.

15 yo teen boy Cullen lives in a rural town near Hermann, Missouri. He worked for a driving license. He wants to ride with his friends in his own car to play bowling. At school he learned farming.

1a. Traum auf vier Rädern

1b. Zwischen Gewächshaus und Tornadowarnung

1c. Der Tag der Prüfung

Main entry

https://schulfernsehenenglischhistory.blogspot.com/2021/08/teens-in-usa.html

Hi there!

Year published/aired: 2012 (1. ed) ?

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes:  7 units each

Grade: A1-B1, 

Genres: basics, grammar

Sub-subject: culture

Broadcaster: -

Production company:

Producer: 

Story: Daniel Leclercq, Catherine Winter,

Editor: 

Director: 

Media: DVD

Media distribution: Cambridge University

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

Working material: 

Material publisher: Editions Bordas

Novel available:

Other literature:

Plot (short): An English course for teens by Editions Bordas (France). DVDs are included in the books. There are also class boxes with 2 CDs + 1 DVD (each grade).

Videos are from Cambridge University. Some or all clips might be taken from Your Space (Cambridge University).

The oldest book I found is from 2012 (Hi There!). New Hi There! I think starting in 2015. There's also a Cycle 4 version.

Episodes: unknown DVD length, there are not videos for all units (some have just audio or text). All or most videos are very shorts (~2 minutes) also available as MP3.

 

Hi There! 3e

Hi There! 4e

Hi There! 5e

Hi There! 6e

New Hi There! 3e

1. Life swap

2. The haunted house

3. Welcome Hau mai!

4. Street dancing

New Hi There! 4e

1. The climb (climbing wall)

3. The other side (school magazine) 

5. A frozen desert

6. Priorities (Nick talking to different people)

7. From bottle to T-shirt (recycling)

New Hi There! 5e

3. Dan's Home 

4. Let's go Ice-skating 

5. Along the Thames

6. Making plans

7. We've got talent! (animation ?)

New Hi There! 6e

1. Join the club (billard) Monica, Tracy 12 yo, Steve, Ben

3. Ben's horrible day (school is cool) Seafield school in Manchester ?

5. The present (pictured, 1'56'', chapter Let's go shopping) Steve, Jimmy + Tracy birthday shopping and visit Ben. They bought him a yellow shirt, but he wore the same when opening the door

6. Pass the salt! (school canteen) Ben, Tracy, others

Teens in the USA: San Diego: Justin - My first triathlon

This is episode 5 from Teens in the USA, 2012 (2 in the set of 3 about San Diego). It's about 15 yo Justin. I think for 7th grade.

Also showing him at technical education, and at a student camp of the US Army.

Was recently available on the planet schule website. I think this is rebroadcasted from time to time and still an active series.

https://schulfernsehenenglischhistory.blogspot.com/2021/08/teens-in-usa.html

English G Lighthouse

Year published/aired: 2012

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 6 (each grade)

Grade: 5-

Genres: everyday's situations

Sub-subject: geography

Broadcaster: -

Production company: Rockfinch Ltd, Ireland

Producer: Claire Cunningham

Story: Susan Abbey

Editor: Rory Gavin

Director: Claire Cunningham

Media: 1xDVD, 1xDVD-ROM,

Media distribution: Cornelsen

Additional media: books, audio, CD-ROM, interactive whiteboard...

Working material:

Material publisher: Cornelsen

Novel available:

Other literature: 

Plot (short): There are Video DVDs (green and yellow cover) and Interactive Whiteboard DVD-ROMs (Interaktive Tafelbilder, green cover) as supplement for the books, also Audio CDs, CD-ROMs and other media. Pictured is a scene from Lighthouse 1 (1st year= 5th grade). Adventures of 3 kids from Harbour Road (Plymouth), others than on the cover, Sarah (Claire Paddison), Paul (Drew Bales) and Anna (Harmony Rump). School, sports (table tennis, shopping), at home. Also geography of Plymouth "People and Places (without these kids).

There is also a Lighthouse DVD (without English G, also for 5th grade, white cover) with other kids. Other/older kids also appear in DVDs for later grades. In mid 2022 there will be new DVDs (Lighthouse/Access 2022) published (other kids, set in Brighton, Making-of on YouTube).

The DVD is 53 minutes, has English and German subtitles. I own the whiteboard version  which should contain all clips. 8 clips, together ~25 minutes, thereof People and Places 2x3 minutes.  Unique scenes with kids ~7 minutes only. Pics, songs (grown-ups) games and book contents (compressed) for Windows only (but are not much of interest), work without installing and without whiteboard. The video quality is rather poor (640x360, AVI but WMV3 codec and 6373 kbit/s) and plays in a window. There is also an editor but I haven't tested that.

By coincidence I found caps of other clips in the Headlight book and later also bought the Headlight DVD. Probably all 3 DVDs (Lighthouse, Headlight and Highlight) are the same. Lighthouse 3 has a combined one. The DVDs of the Bavarian course Go Ahead (2017) are obviously also (almost) the same.

Update:  The image quality is much better (DVD quality). 6 units for each the Harbour Road Kids and People and Places. 2 more boys on the DVD. Each unit has 2-3 chapters.
Clips of units 2, 4-6 are completely missing on the whiteboard disc (both Harbour Road Kids and People and Places). That has 6 units as well but has pictures and songs instead. 

Course Klick! has the same pics/vids. 

English G Lighthouse 2 has same actors and some few more.

Unit 2 is at home of one of the girls. There's also a brother Tom, slightly older, Justin Biber haircut. In People and Places there's another younger boy Joe showing his room.
Unit 4 is at an aquarium and later outside sitting like at the intro. P&P: at school
Unit 5 is at a cafe and dancing at home. P&P: Jimmy ~ 10 yo at a recording studio. Plymouth Music Zone.
Unit 6 is camping all 3 with brother Tom. P&P ferry trip.
On both:
Unit 1: Introduction, street, school. P&P: School (Eggbuckland Community College)
Unit 3: Shopping birthday presents. P&P: Plymouth

Episodes: ~53 minutes total (per DVD/grade)

The Kids from Harbour Road 

1. Meet the Kids! 6' 

2. Homework time 6'15

3. Sarah isn't happy! 6'42

4. A class project 5'39

5. What's your talent? 4'33

6. Summer holidays 5'11

 

People and places

1. Eggbuckland Community College 2'41

2. A tour of my room 2'34

3. Plymouth, England 2'31

4. A normal day at school 2'50

5. A visit to PMZ 2'47

6. A ferry trip to Cawsand 3'

The new 2022 series is called just Lighthouse (and Access)

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

A Global City (Weltstadt New York)

 

Year published/aired: 2012

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 1 (11 chapters)

Grade: 6-12

Genres: New York

Sub-subject: culture

Broadcaster: no ?

Production company: Heil-Film

Media publisher:

Story:

Editor:

Director:

Media: DVDx1 

Additional media: DVD-Rom extras, film texts, dictionaire, sheets

Working material:

Material publisher:

Novel available:

Other literature:

Plot (short): Bilingual New York documentary, 14 minutes (total). Manhattan to Harlem. People, politics, economy, subway, culture, ... 11 chapters from 0'32 to 6'31 minutes. 

Pic from the official trailer. I haven't seen the complete film. I wonder why DVDs are that short. Starting at 70 EUR. (Due to licenses).

 

Episodes:

Teens in the USA

 

Year published/aired: 2012

Year produced/filmed: ~2011

# of episodes: 6

Grade: 7/8

Genres: Teen lives

Sub-subject: culture/geography

Broadcaster:  WDR

Production company: Küppers & Horn Film

Story: Phillis Femmer

Editor: Stefanie Fischer

Director:

Producer:

Media:

Media distribution/sponsor:

Additional media: sheets

Working material:

Material publisher:

Novel available:

Other literature:

Plot (short):  6 teens, 2 cities, different interests, from different social classes. Hermann, Missouri (ep 1-3), San Diego (ep 4-6).

There are also other series Teens in London, Teens in Cornwall, Teens in South Africa. As parts of Reports in English.

Episodes: ~10 minutes each 

Teens in the USA - Missouri:

1. Cullen - Getting into Gear (driving license, 15 yo boy)

2. Katie - Between Wildlife and music

3. Lincoln - Keeping up with family traditions (pictured, 14 yo boy) 

 

4. Jasmine - Rhythm is it (15 yo Hip hop dance)

5. Justin - My first triathlon (15 yo)

6. Rosa - How to make a difference (15 yo Mexican girl, college, working) 

Update: Adding tag farm, American English. Still aired in 2021