Art & media

Harry Potter (A1-B1)

A complete course built around the Harry Potter characters, from A1 to B1.

• Start the course Texts, audio and quizzes for each character, at your level.

A visit to the National Portrait Gallery (A2/B1)

Famous faces, school trips and gallery rules in the heart of London.

• Watch, look and listen Join a school group in London's gallery of famous faces. Can you take photos? Can you touch the paintings? Watch and find out!
• More portraits: The Royal Portrait Gallery Crowns, robes and curtains: learn to read the portraits of kings and queens.

Dora the Explorer (A1/A2)

Sing along with Dora and Boots, and follow the map!

• The map song Watch the video and drag the missing words into the song.
• The map song, original version The same song in its original version. Have fun!

Back to school (A2)

A cheerful song about friendship and the first day back at school.

• Watch and complete Drag the right words into the song as you listen.
• Vocabulary Fence, bugs, worms... learn the words of the song, verse by verse.

Lion (B1)

A five-year-old boy lost in India finds his way home 25 years later: an incredible true story.

• Watch the presentation When I was five years old... watch the trailer and find the verbs in the past.
• The characters How well do you know the characters?
• Who did what? Match each action with the right character.
• The plot Put all the verbs of the summary into the past tense.
• Story reconstruction (H5P) Put the events of the story back in order.
• Simple past and past perfect When Saroo woke up, he had... rebuild the sentences.
• History vs Hollywood How close is the movie to the real story?
• The real Saroo (video) To finish, meet the real people behind the story.

Andy Warhol and Pop Art (B1)

Campbell's soup cans, silk screens and the birth of Pop Art.

• Vocabulary Learn the words of art and Warhol's life, and discover what he once dreamt of being!
• Biography From Pittsburgh to New York: listen to the life of Andy Warhol.
• Biography: quiz Real name, first job, the Factory... how much do you remember?
• Historic and artistic background Where did Pop Art come from? Listen and find out.
• Historic and artistic background: quiz Why "Pop"? Why silk screens? Check that you got the big picture.
• Campbell's Soup Cans 32 paintings of soup cans: listen to the story of a famous work.
• Campbell's Soup Cans: quiz Did Warhol love or hate the consumer age? Test yourself.
• The work, part 1 How did Warhol use commercial techniques in his paintings?
• The work, part 1: quiz Dollar bills, a first show in California... follow Warhol's road to fame.
• The work, part 2 When and where were the soup cans first shown?
• The work, part 2: quiz What do 32 soup cans really mean? Find out if you understood.
• Translations Can you say it all in English? Translate 20 sentences about Warhol, then check.
• Final test Was born, had begun, has been exhibited... get the tenses right and score out of 20!

I am stronger (B1/B2)

A powerful song against bullying.

• Watch and complete Drag the right words into the song as you listen.
• Read the lyrics closely Three verses, three stories: read each one carefully and answer the questions. Stuck? Switch the questions to French.

Banksy (B1/B2)

Who is the mysterious street artist, and is graffiti art or vandalism?

• Watch and complete, part 1 Why is a Banksy exhibition so unusual?
• Watch and complete, part 2 One of his early works, on a wall in Bristol.
• Watch and complete, part 3 Art or vandalism? The debate goes on.
• Watch and type the words, part 1 Same text, but now you type the words.
• Watch and type the words, part 2 Same text, but now you type the words.
• Watch and type the words, part 3 Same text, but now you type the words.
• Vocabulary Exhibition, stencil, to spray... learn the words of street art.
• Read the article Graffiti: art or vandalism? An article from the British Council.

Lost (B1/B2)

46 survivors of a plane crash are stranded on a mysterious island.

• Jack meets Locke Lost luggage at the airport: one lost his knives, the other lost his father's coffin!

Bruce Springsteen in concert (B2)

The Boss tells a moving story about his father, before singing.

• Listen first Listen to the speech once, just to get the gist.
• Listen and complete Me and my dad would go at it all the time... complete the speech.

Paris, Texas (B2)

Travis tells Jane a long story about two people he used to know.

• Watch and type the words A famous scene from Wim Wenders' film. 53 words to catch!
• Flashcards (Quizlet) Review the key words with flashcards and games.

Lord of the Rings (B2)

Elves, hobbits and the ring that corrupts everyone who bears it.

• Watch and complete Use the word list to complete the presentation of Tolkien's world.