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Strangers

Posted on April 25, 2011 by kierandonaghy

This lesson is designed around a beautiful short film called Strangers directed by Erez Tadmor and Guy Nattiv, and the theme of racism. Students predict a story, watch a short film, speak about racism and write a narrative.
Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate(B2.11)
Learner type: Teens and adults
Time: 90 minutes
Activity: Predicting a story, watching short film, speaking and writing a narrative
Topic: Racism
Language: Adjectives to describe character and appearance, and narrative tenses
Materials: Short film, discussion questions and anti-racism posters
Downloable materials: strangers lesson instructions     anti-racism posters     racism discussion questions

Step 1
Show students the picture of two men below.

Ask your students to talk about the following questions in pairs:
Where do they come from?
What have they got in common physically?
How are they different physically?
What are their characters like?
What’s their relationship?
Get feedback from your students.

Step 2
Tell your students that they are going to watch a short film called Strangers in which these two men meet on a train. Ask your students to predict what story the film will tell.

Step 3
Show the students the film and ask them to compare their stories with the film narrative.


Get feedback from your students.

Step 4
Ask them to watch the film again. Put them into small groups and give them 10 minutes to write a narrative of what happens in the film. Get a student from each group to red out their narrative.
Step 5
Show your students the anti-racism posters and quotes and ask them to discuss them in small groups.


Step 6
Ask your students to discuss the questions about racism in pairs.

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I hope you enjoy the lesson.