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Aim: By the end of the lesson, students will have gained greater knowledge of Oxford University, the
different places in Oxford from a video and will have created their own video tour of their own school
in this case LTC Eastbourne.
Materials: Video Listening: True or False, Transcript of Video (Vocabulary Missing), Vocabulary Meaning
& Definition and Pictures of Famous Landmarks (Oxford).
Key Vocabulary:
Hallowed (adj.) Imagination (n) Intrigue (v) Monument (n) Portraits (n) Punting (n)
Purpose-built
Quaint (adj.) To share someones insights into something (phr.) Waterways (n)
(n)
Tell students that they are going to learn a bit Students will learn
more about Oxford and things that they could see about the famous
Oxford
10 mins Oxford landmarks and
Landmarks when they visit. Show the pictures of famous
activities the area
Oxford landmarks and activities that they could around the city.
see on a trip.
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Stick up the images on the whiteboard and elicit
possible names of the landmarks and activities
from students. Ask them if they know any of the
images or have seen them in movies or TV
programmes before.
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Tell students that they are going to listen to the
audio again but this time the transcript (which
they reordered in the last stage) has some of the
Video Students listen for key
10-15 key vocabulary missing which must be added.
Detailed vocabulary to be added
mins Monitor students and assist when required.
Listening into the transcript.
Once students finish, check as a whole class to
ensure answers are correct.
Answers:
Oxford is also known as the city of steaming
spires. (F dreaming spires)
The University of Oxford is the oldest university in
the world. (F it is the oldest English speaking
university in the world)
The statue is the 3rd Earl of Pembroke. (T) Students to remember
True or 15-20 Bodleian Library is now only available for guided facts about Oxford from
False Quiz mins tours. (T) the video and test their
The Ashmolean opened in 1653. (F 1683) memorisation skills.
The Ashmolean was a purpose built museum and is
the oldest in the world. (T)
The janitor to the museum kept a record of all the
portraits and curiosities held. (T)
There was an entrance charge to this museum but
it is now free. (F there was an exit charge)
The Inkling was a group of people who met at
The Eagle and Child pub to discuss their latest
homework. (F they discussed their writing)
Bodleian Library is in the centre of Oxford. (T)
C.S. Lewis and J.R. Tolkien used to meet at the pub.
(T)
The Botanic Garden was established more than
400 years ago and has over 5000 species of plants.
(T)
The University of Oxford is made up of 39 different
colleges. (F there are 38 colleges)
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Tell students that they now need to plan a video
tour of LTC Eastbourne and they need to work
together as a class to create a similar video to the
one that they have just seen.
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Vocabulary Matching Exercise
Match the vocabulary on the left to the corresponding definitions on the right. Check with a
partner if you are unsure. The first one is done for you.
Author (n) / (v) Someone who escorts visitors around a place of interest and
describes important information about it.
Noun: a long, narrow boat with a flat bottom and a square area at
Creative (adj.) each end, moved by someone standing at one end.
Verb: To travel in a long, narrow boat.
The cost to go into a place that you are visiting, such as a museum,
Intrigue (n) / (v) nightclub, etc.
Punt (n) / (v) Attractive because of being unusual and especially old-fashioned.
To share an insight into To interest someone a lot, especially by being strange, unusual, or
something (phr.) mysterious.
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Oxford Quiz: True or False
Decide if the following sentences below are either True (T) or False (F). Check your answers
with a partner. You will listen to the video two or three times.
The Ashmolean was a purpose built museum and is the oldest in the world.
The janitor to the museum kept a record of all the portraits and curiosities held.
The Inkling was a group of people who met at The Eagle and Child pub to discuss
their latest homework.
C.S. Lewis and J.R. Tolkien used to meet at the pub together to talk about their
stories.
The Botanic Garden was established more than 400 years ago and has over 5000
species of plants.
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Oxford has long been known as the city of dreaming spires, and theres plenty here to
______________ the ______________.
The University of Oxford is the oldest English speaking university in the world.
Within these ______________ halls, every building and every ______________ has
a story.
He is the 3rd Earl of Pembroke. He sponsored the publication of the very first
collective edition of Shakespeares plays.
And while the Bodleian is a working library for students and academics, it can be
visited on ____________________________.
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And its free I hear.
So the longer you stayed inside, the more you paid on exit.
Thats right.
Very clever.
The Eagle and Child pub, established in 1650, provides a look into the
______________ space of some of the worlds greatest ______________.
It was in this very room that C.S. Lewis and J.R. Tolkien and a group of their friends,
who were known as The Inklings, used to meet to talk about the books that they were
writing.
Founded almost 400 years ago, its home to more than 5000 plant species.
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Or get out and explore the citys ______________ ______________.
Please cut up the transcript above and jumble up before handing out to
students.
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Original Transcript (Key Vocabulary Included)
Oxford has long been known as the city of dreaming spires, and theres plenty here to intrigue the imagination.
My friend Patrick, loves sharing his insights into this historic British town.
The University of Oxford is the oldest English speaking university in the world.
Within these hallowed halls, every building and every monument has a story.
He is the 3rd Earl of Pembroke. He sponsored the publication of the very first collective edition of Shakespeares plays.
The University of Oxford is actually a collection of 38 individual colleges, with the Bodleian library at its heart.
And while the Bodleian is a working library for students and academics, it can be visited on a guided tour.
It began as a gallery of portraits and curiosities, with a catalogue being written by the janitor.
It was the first purpose built museum, anywhere in the world, and now it is the oldest museum in the world.
Hard to say because there was no entry charge. There was an exit charge instead.
So the longer you stayed inside, the more you paid on exit.
Thats right.
Very clever.
The Eagle and Child pub, established in 1650, provides a look into the creative space of some of the worlds greatest authors.
It was in this very room that C.S. Lewis and J.R. Tolkien and a group of their friends, who were known as The Inklings, used to meet
to talk about the books that they were writing.
Founded almost 400 years ago, its home to more than 5000 plant species.
Hand out the following transcript at the end of the lesson for all students to keep as a record.
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