English G 21 What's in? What's on? What's up?

 

This is a 2 part DVD series, abbreviated as WWW, for the long running Cornelsen school book series English G21 (2010- ~2018). There were also different books for these DVDs called Unterrichtsideen zum Film mir Kopiervorlagen (handouts, script etc). For 3 different book editions (depending on German state) A, B and D,  DVD "Band 3" is for grade 7, Band 4 is for grade 8. Main author:  Barbara Derkow-Disselbeck. Movie production Tellus Vision. Director Anna Nordqvist. 

Luckily I found one movie (full clip/trailer) about 11 youngster from Orkney on caledonia.tv (Over the Sea to School) Band 3. Series director for that series: Les Wilson. That full series has 13 episodes.

Band 3: (OOP)

1. London 9'35

Photo: Montage: London 2'00"

Movie: Notting Hill (at the market) 1'33 (Universal LLLP)

Movie: Notting Hill (traffic scene) 0'55

Photos+docu: London street markets 1'17

Movie/interview: Extra: Brick Lane 3'48 (The Works TSC)

2. Scotland 10'34

Movie: William Wallace 0'35

docu: Over the Sea to School (Orkney Island) 2'00 Caledonia TV

docu Over the Sea (A typical school day) 2'38

music video: Travis Music Video 1'06

3. Up North 9'19

docu: I love MCR (Introduction) 0'57 (Manchester, Channel M)

docu: I love MCR (Youth Hostels) 0'36

photo: Montage: Manchester Football 0'28

Movie: Goal 0'27 (Goal Acquisitions)

docu: Making of Goal 1'42

4. Canada 10'58

docus by BC Pictures (Dragonboat, Toronto)

movie 3 clips: Fly Away Home (1996 movie)

5. Music, music, music 12'55

movies The Commitments (auditions), Fame, School of Rock, The Commitments (Mustang Sally)

 

Band 4: (sample PDF from offical website)

1 New York (17'20")

Movie: Hester Street 3'29

Movie: You've Got Mail 2'36

docu: 24 Hours in NYC 4'15

docu: 9/11 1'27

docu Extra: Firefighter Interview 1'30

2 California (13'08)

Docu: Earthquakes 3'13

Movie: 1.5 2'10

docu BBC Planet Earth 2'15

photo montage: Montage: California 0'39

3 Smalltown USA 10'51

photos: Montage Smalltowns 0'51

comedy: The Andy Griffith Show 1'20

TV series: Everwood 1'01

musical film: High School Musical (detention) 1'47

musical film: High School Musical (music scene) 0'46

(4 Atlanta) ...

Other DVDs were (1st with pic)

Out and About 1+2

Viewing

 

World Wide English

 

Year published/aired: 2010 ?

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 12x3

Grade: A2-B1, 7th

Genres: basics, grammar

Sub-subject: Geography

Broadcaster: -

Production company: Tellus Vision (Sweden)

Producer: 

Story: Akira Morita, Akihiko Sato, Bill Benfield, others

Editor:

Director: Vicky Finch

Media: DVDx3, digital

Media distribution: Cornelsen, Seibido (Japan)

Additional media: books, teacher CD

Working material:

Material publisher: Cornelsen

Novel available:

Other literature: 

Plot (short): There are at least 3 DVDs. ~1h20 each. 12 Programmes with 5 minute Introduction and 10 minute documentary (Cornelsen). Bonus clip with foods. Optional subtitles. I thought I found it earlier, but currently can't find it. I found a book sample (Japanese version, publisher Seibido). Maybe this is the original production? At least some clips were produced by Swedish Tellus Vision (Vol 1 only ?).

Pic 1 from review unit (7), book, on left Robert from LA?, pic 2 below from DVD 2 (Japanese sample). Obviously there are mainly or only grown ups or older teens shown and many landscape scenes.

Full Japanese title: World Wide English on DVD - For Global Communication Skills. (I only found 2 volumes there, green and orange covers, revised edition). Probably abridged. Original title: 世界で輝く若者たちの英語. First edition vol 1 is yellow.

Update: Added director, 2010 instead of 2011.

 

Episodes:  

Volume 1: UK: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Irleland

Volume 2: New York, Los Angeles, Canada, Bahamas

Volume 3: Australia, South Africa, India, New Zealand

 

Vol 1: Revised edition (Japanese)

1. LA Living th Dream 3'38 Intro

2. LA Meeting Different Kinds of People 3'46 documentary

3. Scotland: A Country Filled with Imagination and New Ideas

4. Scotland: Being a Typical Scot, and Proud of It 3'59

5. Canada: Living in Harmony with Nature 4'21

6. Canada: A Young Adventurer in Ottawa 3'57

7. Review Section (pic 1)

8. NZ: Into the Peacefulness 3'57

9. NZ: An Interesting Walk with Sophie 4'04

10. England: Having a Big Influence on the World 3'44

11. England: Living Your Life to the Maximum 3'44

12. The Bahamas: Developed Tourism Maximum 3'51

13. The Bahamas: Making Steps to Archive Your Goals 3'55

14. Review Section II

DVD 2 ?: original 1st? Japanese edition

1. New York: The City That Never Sleeps 3'28 Intro

2. New York: A Passion for Hip Hop 3'59 documentary

3. Australia: The Unique continent 3'24 intro

4. Australia: A Girl with Big Dreams and High Hopes  3.57

5. Northern Ireland: A Country with Old History and Unique Nature 3'56

6. Northern Ireland: More Than Meets the Eye 3'27

7. Review Section 4'40

8. South Africa: The Rainbow Nation 3'01

9. South Africa: Life Is a Gift 3'47

10. Wales: A Small Country with a Big History 3'26

11. Wales: Enjoying New Experiences 3'44

12. India: A Lively Country of Colors and Contrasts 3'52

13: India: The Most Important Things in My Life 3'43

14: Review Section II

 

e for English

Year published/aired: (2014) 2017 (2022)

Year produced/filmed: 2016 ?

# of episodes: 

Grade: A2-B1 (3-6)

Genres: basics, grammar

Sub-subject: culture

Broadcaster: -

Production company:

Producer: 

Story: Mathias Degoute, Severine Bourdet, others

Editor: Catherine Laurent

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): Another French course by Editions Didier. Now also DVDs for grades 3+4. But few vids in 5+6. This time also including many trailers from feature films, (so fewer clips of interest). But most clips are set in the USA. 

New edition from 2017 (Edition2016-2017). There is also a brand new edition 2021-2022. Pic from 4e (vid 2) Zach and Jenny (USA). Taken from the book. The previous edition is from 2014 (Not sure if this has DVDs as well).

Episodes: DVD length differs ~19-45 minutes (total)

 

e for English 3e (45 minutes)

1-2. The 2015 Google Science Fair: trailer & Awards Ceremony
3. Early Alzheimer's diagnosis (teen boy UK)
4. Diagnostic device for Ebola (teen girl USA)
5. Darcy Oake at Britain's Got talent, 2104
6. A spoof advert (video game?)
7. Earth Hour 2015 Official Video
8. extract from film Ali, 2001 (Will Smith)
9. Separate but equal (Civil Rights movement)
10. Martin Luther King's early life
11. I have a dream
12. Fighting for Freedom (Rosa Parks)
13. extract from film Equilibrium (dystopia)
14. An interview with artist Shepard Fairey (Obama Hope poster)
15. Banksy does New York (Art in the Streets)
16. Take a tour of New Zealand
17. Step into the moko shop (tattoo artist)
18. Shakespeare Lives - Anniversary trailer
19. Great British actors deliver Shakespeare's immortal line
20. Alastair Sooke about The Farm, Joan Miro (painting)

 e for English 4e

1. An extract from the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off
2. An interview with American pupils Zach and Jenny
3. Peek into an American high school! (Spirit Week Day)
4. Happy Birthday Canada!
5. Discover the Secret to suspenseful stories with British writer Chris d'Lacey, author of The Last Dragon Chronicles.
6. Freestyle hurling (Gaelic Spirit)
7. It's not just about scoring. (Gaelic Athletic Association) hockey?
8. 2006 100 year of the Easter Rising (Dublin Croke Park stadium)
9. The Irish language today (singer, also on audio CD)
10. A flash mob at Dublin Airport (Irish dancing)
11. An extract from the film Knowing, 2009 (Time capsule)
12. A time capsule is opened 100 years later on Oklahoma
13. Chat with your future self (girl and computerized girl)
14. Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock
15. Beat Bullying (British footballer Rio Ferdinand, anti-bullying wristband)
16. The BFG trailer
17. Romeo + Juliet, trailer 1996 (DiCaprio)

 

  e for English 5e (total 19 minutes)

1. Trick-or-Treat with the President and First Lady (Obama)
2. Haunted White House tour (wax museum ?)
3. A day in New York City (teen boys Jack and Finn)
4. A place that I've fallen in love with (NYC)
5. extract from film Big Hero 6 (animated)
6. It's really fun (design a robot)
7. Meet Grayhawk Perkins (Native American singer and storyteller from Louisiana)

  e for English 6e

1. Meet Rile's emotions! (animation)
2. Where are you from? What is the BCSS Academy? (Bobby Charlton Soccer Academy)
3. Keep calm and...  (Simon Says "Keep Calm!") at class
4. 11-year-old Akeelah in the movie Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
5. An extract from the film Baryard, 2006 (animated)
6. An extract from the film Hook, 1992
7. An extract from the film Paddington

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

This Is My Country

Year published/aired: 2005

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 52

Grade: 3-

Genres: Documentaries

Sub-subject: Geography

Broadcaster: -?

Production company: Marathon, now: Zodiak Media, (Pixcom, Storm)

Producer:  

Story:

Editor:

Director: C.A. De Rouvre, R. Duhamel, S. Bergerot, others

Media: DVD x52 ?

Media distribution:  Kunskapsmedia (Sweden)

Additional media:

Working material:

Material publisher: 

Novel available:

Other literature: 

Plot (short): French documentaries about kids' lives in different countries. One local kid as a guide. Language, flag, capital and customs.

French and English. Swedish version Det här är mitt land in Swedish and English.

There are 2 similar series by Marathon Media: I Love My City (Montre-moi ta ville, 26 episodes, with Canal J) and My Family and Me (26 episodes), shown in catalogues of Zodiak Media. More infos coming soon.

Australia: Jesse from Sydney likes sports, Oz tag (Tag rugby), Cricket and swimming and especially surfing. After eating Fish&Chips, he visits The Rocks, where the first settlers arrived in 1788. In the Blue Mountains he and his family searching for Koalas and kangaroos.

Episodes: 13 minutes each

-Australia (guide kid Jesse from Sydney, pictured)

-Canada

-Ireland

-USA

and several other countries around the world

Reports in English: Canada

Another, this time a 2 part series, subseries of "Reports in English - Canada, USA and South Africa", which is part of Reports in English. 15 minutes each, bilinguar, 8th grade. I found this only via archive.org.

-Canada: Montreal - Fashion and Music

-Canada: Aboriginal TV (pictured)

The episode about Montréal (showing a young, short haired blonde lady, maybe the clothes designer Tina Mendoza). It's also about DJ "Kod Koala".

The other episode (pictured) is about the Natives (culture and languages of more than 60 tribes) and their TV channel Aboriginal People's Television Network (APTN).  

Big Cities

Year published/aired: 2016-2018

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 29

Grade: 9-13

Genres: Documentaries

Sub-subject: Geography

Broadcaster: SWR

Production company: 

Producer:  

Story: Rene Habitz, others

Editor:

Director: Chris Metzler, others

Media: 

Media distribution: 

Additional media:

Working material:

Material publisher: 

Novel available:

Other literature: 

Plot (short): Documentaries about different big cities in different countries. Economy, agriculture, traffic, buildings,...

 

Episodes: 30 minutes each

Big Cities: Europa

1.1 Ein Dorf in Berlin

1.2 Fisch und Gemüse direkt aus Berlin

1.3 Handys bauen in Hamburg

2.1 London ...

2.2 Stockholm

2.8 Madrid

3.10 Paris

3.11 Lyon

4.3 Lissabon

4.4 Porto

Big Cities: Asien

2.5 Seoul

...

Hongkong, Bangkok, Amman, Tokio,...

Big Cities:  Nord- Mittel und Südamerika

2.3 Cuzco

2.4 Rio de Janeiro

..

2.7 Toronto (pictured, Multi-Kulti Fotoprojekt)

3.2 Los Angeles

4.5 Monterrey (Mexico) (2018)

 

Video Visits

 

Year published/aired: ~1985-2000s 

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes:  ?

Grade: 9/10

Genres: Geography

Sub-subject: Travel/cultures

Broadcaster: - ?

Production company:

Story: 

Editor:

Director: several

Media: VHS, Laserdisc

Media publisher: International Video Network

Additional media:  

Working material:

Material publisher: 

Novel available: 

Other literature:

 

Plot (short):  Several (at least 65 in 2005) travel videos, (some) obviously also used at schools. I found it at a catalogue (Medienzentrum Heidelberg) like "Discovering Canada" (1992). Also about non-English speaking countries. Oldest VHS I found is from 1985.

Episodes: (selection, mainly English speaking) ~60-80 minutes each

Spain 1986, Paris 1986, Japan 1988, New Zealand 1988, Discovering Germany 1989, Chicago: One magnificient City 1991, Canada 1992, California 1995, Texas 1996, China 2003, ...

London, New York, Australia, Great Cities of Europe, Carribean, Bahamas, San Francisco - Golden Gateway, Alaska - Alaska Experience, Royal Windsor and Eton, Discovering Wales, ...

Teens in Canada

 

Year published/aired: 2013 

Year produced/filmed: 2012

# of episodes: 2

Grade: 7-13

Genres: Documentary teen lives 

Sub-subject: Canada

Broadcaster:  WDR

Production company: Sonder - Film Music

Production country: Germany 

Story: 

Editor: 

Director: Josias Tschanz

Media: DVD?

Media publisher:

Additional media:

Working material:

Material publisher:

Novel available: 

Other literature: 

Plot (short):  Documentary teen lives in British Columbia (both teen girls as main character), also see episodes

 

Episodes: 15 minutes each

1. Taylor - Living for the Rodeo (pictured) 16 yo girl Taylor with her brother Logan near Frazer River, rodeo pro and con, interview, newspaper report

2. Naina - Shoot for the Moon (Sikhs, immigrants from India, family, radio moderator)

Info: New entry previously not on my wik.

There's also an (unrelated) series called Reports in English with subseries like Teens in London, and also 2 episodes about Canada. Working material on planet Schule. Vids had recently been removed. I think available/used in early 2021.

Trans Canada

Year published/aired: 1993 ?

Year produced/filmed: 

# of episodes: 4

Grade: 9-13

Genres: Geography

Sub-subject: politics

Broadcaster:  WDR

Production company:

Story:

Editor: Jörg Goralewski

Director:

Producer:

Media:

Media distribution/sponsor:

Additional media:

Working material:

Material publisher: vgs Verlagsgesellschaft

Novel available:

Other literature:

Plot (short):  Documentary Canada. Currently no more infos known.

Episodes:

1: Nova Scotia 

2: Ontario 

3: Alberta 

4: British Columbia

 

Update: New entry, previously not on my wiki

Summerhill

 

Year published/aired: 1966/1978

Year produced/filmed: 1966

# of episodes: 1

Grade:

Genres:

Sub-subject:

Broadcaster: 

Production company: National film board of Canada

Story:

Editor:

Director: Dennis Miller

Producer:

Media: VHS

Media distribution/sponsor:

Additional media:

Working material:

Material publisher:

Novel available:

Other literature:

Plot (short):  1966 (?) Canadian documentary about students and teachers at the alternative English boarding school "Summerhill" in Suffolk. 28 minutes. There are also other (longer) movies about this school. Including a German 1983 one. And a 1960 book. Used in Germany obviously since 1978. But as this is the only Canadian movie of this which is 28 minutes long, this is obviously the movie pictured.

Episodes: 1.

Reports in English

 

Year published/aired: 1992-

Year produced/filmed: ~1991- ?

# of episodes: ?

Grade: 7/8

Genres: Geography

Sub-subject: Teen lives

Broadcaster: WDR

Production company:

Story: Stuart Marlow,

Producer, camera, design: David Fermer

Editor: Lothar Humburg

Director:

Media: VHS/DVD

Media publisher: Solfilm (Sweden)

Additional media:

Working material:

Material publisher: Thienemann

Novel available:

Other literature: 

Plot (short): Reports/documentaries. Could also be 2 or more different series. First mainly documentaries/geography (1992- at least 2004, 8th grade). Later (~2010) lives of teens in different countries (7th grade). "Reports in English - Great Britain & Ireland" (Teens in ...). A 2nd series is "Reports in English - Canada, USA, South Africa" (8th grade). First there were 4 episodes only. Pic from Teens in London: Chris (taken from the official sheets).

Episodes: ~15 minutes each

1. Music City (Newcastle) 1992

2. Save the Mountains (Lake District) 1992 enviromental case study

3. News From the Arran Banner (Insel Arran)

4. UK Today (1992)

-Norfolk Today (2 ep): Problems for the Country Parson (North Norfolk); Deserted Villages (1592-1992) 1991

-BTCV 1 (Conservation volunteers) 1991

-All my Sons (Arthur Miller's play) 1992

-Emmerdale (Soap) SFB, 1992/1993

-Consett: Twelve Years After the Steelworks (SFB, 1993)

-Liverpool: Evolution of a port since 1945 (1993)

-Changing Ireland (3 ep): Ireland's Women - The Church Under Attack, Postcards from Connemara, A Journey Through the Gaeltacht (1993)

-Penrhys in the Rhondda: An estate in South Wales (1993)

-Todmorden, Where Cotton Was King (1993)

-Metrowatch - Vandalism on the Newcastle Metro (1993)

-A Small Town in Wensleydale (1993) - Rettet die Käsefabrik!

-Docklands: Geisterstadt der Zukunft (1994)

-The North Sea - No Cause for Alarm? (1994)

-Multicultural Brent (1995)

-North Wales - A Holiday paradise? (1995)

-Steam on the Moors (Yorkshire Moors by train) 1995

-Channel Islands (4 ep) Sark, Jersey

-The 400 year old Taxi (1996) report about a taxi driver in London

-Images of Dublin

-Nottingham Hill Carnival (1996)

-Cornwall and Devon Today (4 ep): Windows on the West (1997)

-Changing Ireland 2 (4 ep): Dublin for Outsiders, Fighting to Save County Clare, Tralee Beyond the Roses, Border Crossing (Fermanagh-Donegal) 1999

-Young Active and Green (1999) BCTV 2

-Voices from the Isle of Man (1999)

-Snowdonia's Park Life

-Gibraltar in the Firing Line (1999)

-London's Underground Secrets (2001)

-The Mystery of Loch Ness (2001) 10th grade

-The Joy of Commuting (2001)

-Wicken Fen (2002) - Regenerating the Wetlands

-Life in a Boarding School (Stowe School in Buckinghamshire, German girl Cara) 2007

-The Mini - More than just a car (2004)

-The Tower of London - Behind the scenes (2004)

-The Great British Pantomime (2004)

-Tea - A British Obsession (2004)

...

Reports in English - Great Britain & Ireland (~2008) also used in Sweden

1. Teens in Cornwall: Sam Loves Waves (boy surfing)

2. Teens in Cornwall: Katy loves Animals (riding)

(3. Teens in Cornwall: Katy Loves People (18 yo girl shop))

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

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

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

6. The Boat Race: Oxford - Cambridge (rowing on Thames)

7. Bicycle Polo in Dublin (18 yo James)

8. Behind the Scenes - Film Productin in Ireland (16 yo Jessica, The Tudors)

Reports in English - Canada, USA and South Africa, 8-9th grade ~2005

-Canada: Montreal - Fashion and Music

-Canada: Aboriginal TV

-USA: Irvine

-USA: Broken Heroes (US Soldiers)

-USA: My New York - Home to the Whole World

-Middle West USA: Homecoming at Glenwood High

-Middle West USA: Greeks and Tigers in Columbia

-Middle West USA: Law Enforcement in Salina

-Middle West USA: Kentuckian's News Channel

-South Africa: The Cape Flats

-Teens in South Africa: Nandipha - Between Dancefloor and Township

-Teens in South Africa: Michael - Life is Football

-Teens in South Africa: Axel - Between Sea and School

(Reports in English) : Me and my future (2014), 9th Grade

-Rob and volunteering (Social worker in Llanrumney)

-Tom and Dancing (20 yo)

-Jade and Cooking (Cornwall)

There is also a series Teens in the USA. Not sure if this belongs to Reports in English (probably not).

There's a series American Teens in Germany which probably does belong to this series. 

Another series is Teens in Canada (2013), WDR 2 episodes, probably not belong to this series

Some episodes might be missing.

Canada and the Canadians

Year published/aired: 1975

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 4 

Grade: 9-10

Genres: Geography

Sub-subject: Culture

Broadcaster: WDR

Production company:

Story:

Editor:

Director:

Media: VHS

Media publisher: Lensing

Additional media:

Working material:

Material publisher: 

Novel available:

Other literature: yes

Plot (short): Documentaries, 4 diffent subjects. Every episode includes an introduction, a short film, a studio discussion and a statement of an expert.

Episodes: ~15 minutes each

1. It's got lots of variety(landscapes, climate, work, immigrants)

2. Miles and Miles of Forests (wood economy and ecology)

3. Treasures under the Snow (Oil in Northwest Territories and Yukon)

4. Ottawa, Capital of a Nation

Literature:

Exam work: Sigrid Poel (1976): Die Erprobung der Sendereihe Canada.... 

Updates: Plot, Episode titles 2-4, 1976 instead of 1976, material...