Her Shoes

Language level: Intermediate (B1) –

Upper Intermediate (B2)
Learner type: Teens and adults
Time: 60 minutes
Activity: Vocabulary work; watching a
short film; and speaking
Topic: Shoes and clothes
Language: Clothes vocabulary
Materials: Short film and discussion
questions
Overview

This EFL lesson is designed around a short film by

The Mercadantes titled Her Shoes and the theme of
clothes. Shoes practise vocabulary related to
shoes and clothes, and clothes collocations, watch
a short film and talk about clothes and fashion.

Step 1

Pair your students and ask them to come up with as

many different types of shoes as they can in 2
minutes.

Step 2

Get feedback from the whole class and write up the

different types of shoes on the board. Elicit shoe
types such as:

trainers; boots; flat shoes; high heels; lace-ups,

slippers; flip flops; pumps; sandals; and cowboy
boots.

Step 3

Now ask your students what kind of materials shoes

can be made of. Try to elicit:

Leather, suede, plastic, canvas, cotton, and

microfiber.
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Step 4

Tell your students they are going to watch a short

film in which they will a person’s feet with

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different kind of shoes on them. As they watch
they should try to identify the types of shoes.

Show the film.

Link: https://vimeo.com/40783889

Step 5

Pair your students and ask them to tell each other

the types of shoes they can remember.

Step 6

Get feedback from the whole class. Ask them to

describe the shoes in as much detail as they can.

Step 7

Now show the film again. This time pause at each

shot and ask your students to describe in as much
detail it in as much detail as possible.

Here is a brief description of each shot:

barefoot; purple socks; grey socks; woollen socks
and tights; trainers; grey and black, leather high
heels; black flat leather shoes; trainers; black
leather boots; red and white canvas espadrilles;
black leather high heels; brown leather buckled
boots; ballet shoes; lace-up ballet shoes; brown
leather tasselled shoes; trainers; brown leather
woven shoes; brown leather lace-up boots; blue
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canvas pumps; black high-heeled leather boots;

brown leather boots; lace-up pumps; grey flip-
flops; black high-heeled leather boots; brown
leather sandals; white trainers; brown leather
shoes; brown leather cowboy boots; black high-

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heeled leather shoes; rubber lace-up boots; brown
leather sandals; and barefoot.

Step 8

Pair your students and ask them to tell their

partner what types of shoes they would wear in the
following situation:

 You’re going on a walk in the mountains in

winter.
 You’re going to an interview for a job you
really want.
 You’re going to the beach in the summer.
 You’re going on a date with a person you
really like and want to impress.

Step 9

Write the following words on the board:

Jeans; shirt; skirt; jacket; sweater; and coat

Ask your students to come up words to describe

each item of clothing. For example, to describe a
shirt they could use:

Cotton; silk; short-sleeved; long-sleeved; plain;

striped; and patterned.
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Step 10

Get feedback from the whole class and write up

words to describe each item of clothing.

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Step 11

Put your students into small groups, give them the

clothes discussion question and ask them to select
the 5 questions they find most interesting and to
discuss them. It may be worth explaining to your
students that ”to dress up” means to wear your
best clothes or wear clothes that are more formal
or smarter than you normally wear, and tha t”to
dress down” means to wear casual clothes.

Step 12

Hold a plenary session based on the questions.

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