Page to screen: can the film ever beat the book?
Two book club podcasters disagree about adaptations; students discuss what gets lost or gained when stories move between art forms.
C1Adults50 minDiscussion
About this lesson
A C1 speaking lesson (discussion). Warm-ups, role plays and discussion tasks — get the whole class talking.
- Level
- C1
- Skill
- Speaking
- Type
- Discussion
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 50 minutes
- Topic
- Movies, books & the arts
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, Multiple choice, Matching
- Key words
- I'm in two minds about…, It's not so much X as Y., I'd go as far as to say…, That's where I part company with you., to do justice to something, to be faithful to the original, an inner monologue, to take liberties with
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Discuss adaptations of books into films and series, comparing art forms in depth
- Express subtle agreement and disagreement with precise C1 phrases