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In November 2014, at The Image Conference in Córdoba, Spain, we presented a short video called A Visual Manifesto for Language Teaching. Following the success of the conference, we were asked by the British Council's TeachingEnglish website to write an article about the film. In this brief question and answer session, we will explain the ideas behind the creation of the film, how we went about making it, who and what was involved and where we see video and film going in the future of ELT.

They say that every picture tells a story. They are completely wrong. 

This activity practices learners' listening and speaking skills. They first listen to a description of two images and then they analyse the language used and try to use it to describe some different pictures. The activity takes a similar format to that used in many speaking exams. The images used are those of Viennese migrants, all of whom run specialist businesses. The activity is based on themes and images from the OPENCities project.

This is a speaking task that encourages students to empathise with other people and try to understand them better. The activity uses a number of visuals of migrants and the students have to imagine they are the person in the picture. The activity is based on themes from the British Council OPENCities project.

Out of Time is a set of teaching resources designed to encourage students to use their higher level critical thinking skills. The focus of this lesson is on anticipating vocabulary to help understand a listening text, and on preparing and giving a presentation or monologue about a photograph.

In this lesson learners read about two stories about dark constellations told by indigenous peoples.

Visualisation has been widely used in sports psychology over the last 30 years to enhance all aspects of performance. In this article I will be looking at some of the ways that it can be applied to language learning.

This lesson for secondary and adult learners of CEFR Levels B1 and B2 will help students learn about the injustices of the chocolate trade. 

Live storytelling is a spontaneous creative process which fires the imagination. The listener experiences and participates in the story creatively. If the storyteller allows, the listener can have a direct influence on the story as it unfolds.

Use this lesson with secondary and adult learners of CEFR Level B1. Students will develop listening skills and explore a photo taken of street art.