True Love timeline
Extract from William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet(1595)
Difficulty: ***
Robert Burns, “A Red, Red Rose”(1794)
Difficulty: *
Extract from Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice(1813)
Difficulty: **
Robert Browning, “Love in a Life” (1855)
Difficulty: *
Trailer for Jane Eyre (dir. Cary Fukunaga, 2011)
Difficulty: **
Edgar Allan Poe, “The Raven” (1845)
Reading of "The Raven" by Christopher Lee
Difficulty: **
Clips from Bringing Up Baby (dir. Howard Hawks, 1938)
Difficulty: *
Elvis Presley, “Heartbreak Hotel” (1956) and “Always On My Mind” (1972)
Lyrics for "Heartbreak Hotel"
Lyrics for "Always On My Mind"
Difficulty: *
Trailer for Titanic (dir. James Cameron, 1997)
Difficulty: *
Taylor Swift: “You Belong With Me”(2008)
Lyrics for "You Belong With Me"
Difficulty: *
Looking for love
Setting up the first date: Link to the first season of the podcast Love and Luck
Meet Jason and Kane: Worksheet
Officially Boyfriends: Worksheet
Group dating: Link to the podcast This Is Dating
Meet Nic and Ro: Worksheet
Matchmaking in Ireland: Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival
Matchmaking and marriage in the past: Marion McGarry’s article “Say yes to the dress: Irish wedding traditions back in the day” in RTÈ, August 19, 2021.
Modern love stories
Listen to “Love Stories in 13 Words”.
Running time: 12:07 minutes.
Listen to “Tiny Love Stories For Valentine's Day”.
Running time: 16:00 minutes.
Valentine's Day:Worksheet
Love is all around:
- Group 1+2:“First Love Mixtape” (1:35-14:00 minutes)
- Group 3+4:“How to Find the One” (0:30-11:05 minutes)
- Group 5+6:“The ‘Ham Sandwich’ Effect” (0:30-11:22 minutes)
- Group 7+8:“A Lifetime of Good Loving” (2:30-14:30 minutes)
- Group 9+10: “Devoted but Doomed” (2:28-14:05 minutes)
- Group 11+12:“He’s Playing Our Song” (00:00-11:25 minutes)
- Group 13+14:“Confronting Race on the First Date” (2:10-14:00 minutes)
Kate and her King
Dynasty: The Windsors (USA)
Ep. 2 “Kate and Her King: How the Cambridge Romance Reenergized an Institution”.
Running time: 40 minutes.
Transcript available through Vanity Fair's article "DYNASTY: The Windsors Podcast: How Kate Middleton and Prince William Became a Modern-Day Fairy Tale"
True, false, or ???: Worksheet
Classy Kate: Worksheet
The future of the monarchy:
- Editorial. “The Guardian view on the platinum jubilee: an old order is passing” (The Guardian, 2 June 2022)
- Mercy Muroki. “Forget a watered-down monarchy, we need the full fat Royal family” (The Sun, 3 June 2022)
The power of love
36 Questions (USA)
3 episodes
Running time: 41-56 minutes per episode.
Characterisation sheets: Worksheet
One act - three acts: Worksheet
If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...: Worksheet
Short presentation of audio design "One Thing": Worksheet
"Answer 36" vs. "Hear Me Out":Worksheet
