• Gap-fill

  Gap-fill is a free-hand gap-filling exercise.Some readers

• Hiding/showing transcripts

  Choose whether or not students can see a transcription of what is said in the video.Some readers

• Slowing videos down using our snail setting

  The snail button slows down any video by 30%, making them far easier to understand while still maintaining the natural rhythm of speech.Few readers

• How do we come up with our difficulty ratings?

  We give all of the videos on thisislanguage.com a difficulty rating so you can always find a suitable video for your classes.Few readers

• Jigsaw

  Jigsaw is a drag-and-drop gap filling exercise.Few readers

• Video vocab

  Video Vocab is an interactive vocab learning tool.Few readers

• Assigning video exercises

  Click on Videos: Listening. Navigate via exam board or theme and then select a topic. Choose a video and click on it to open it up. Click the Assign a video exercise button. Choose the type of exercise you'd like to set, the class(es) you'd like to set it for, select a due date and click Save. These tasks will now appear on each student's Assignments log! FFew readers

• Choosing videos

  There are thousands of authentic language videos on thisisschool.com, so we've made it as simple as possible to find the right one for your classes 🥳. Here are all of the ways you can find appropriate videos for your students. Method 1: Browse by Theme Click on the orange Videos: Listening button on your homepage. Either: Select from our ever growing list ofFew readers

• Changing the language of comprehension exercises

  This setting is for the whole school and can only be accessed by the school's Primary Account Holder. If you're not sure who this is, drop us an email to schools@thisisschool.com (mailto: schools@thisisschool.com) and we'll let you know! Click on your name in the top right-hand corner and select Settings. You'll see a drop-down menu for each language covered by yourFew readers

• Comprehension

  For this exercise, students must answer a series of multiple-choice comprehension questions as they watch the video. In some ways the most challenging exercise, Comprehensions are designed to test students’ general understanding of the target language in context. As with all of the exercises on the site, Comprehensions are automatically marked, meaning that students get instanFew readers

• Choosing relevant videos

  There are thousands of authentic language videos on thisisschool.com, so we've made it as simple as possible to find the right one for your classes 🥳. Here are all of the ways you can find appropriate videos for your students. Method 1: Browse by Theme Click on the orange Videos: Listening button on your homepage. Either: Select from our ever growing list ofFew readers