I. Look at the picture and quote above of Sir Ken Robinson. Discuss it in pairs or groups of three.
II. We are going to watch a video about Sir Ken Robinson, an internationally recognised expert in education and creativity, in which he talks about the person who inspired him. Answer the questions in the worksheet.
III. What type of person do you think Sir Robinson is?
IV. You are now going to watch part of apresentation by Ken Robinson in which he talks about the education system in the western world. This is a wordle of the transcript of his talk. Have a look at the first slide and predict what you think the talk will be about from the words you can see in the wordle.
V. Have a look at slides 2-12. On each slideyou have a sentence which relates to the presentation.Put the sentences into the correct order to form a grammatically correct sentence.
VI. Watch the video and say whether the sentences on your worksheet are true or false.
Ken Robinson – RSA Animate from The Coral Collective on Vimeo.
VII. Do you agree with Sir Robinson? Is there anything you would change in the educational system in your country?
[Thanks to Film English]