Learning English through films
Sources:
film clips from English textbooks
interchange, top notch , world link
 movies
 TV series
 Internet
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Film clips from your textbooks
1. The topic-related films help students gain
gain confidence in their listening ability
2. Use the listening input to create a
conversation
Show a film clip : four corner (3)
stain, detergent
Name of movies
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Quiz : Chinese name of these movies
1. Die hard
2. Hitch
3. The Mummy
4. The Last Samurai
5. Catch me if you can
Types of movies /films
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action
romance
horror
classic/ drama
comedy
documentary
animated cartoon
Criteria for choosing a film
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1. the level of English
2. the type of film and content
3. other material that go with the film
( script or the book )
Movie scripts
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1. www.eslnotes.com (script + voc)
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2. http://www.awesomefilm.com/ (script)
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3. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/
(review)
Movies
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1. www.eslnotes.com
a) a summary of the plot/ main
characters
 b) full script with the glossary of
vocabulary and various cultural
references
 c)some questions for discussion
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Movies
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1) The dialog contains a lot of useful,
colloquial English.
2) The movie itself reflects various aspects
of modern American life.
3) It was popular enough to be widely
available on video.
4) The ESL teacher personally thinks it's a
good or even great movie.
Movies
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
1.Romantic comedy
2.Culture references
Show the movie ( 5 minutes)
Movie: My Big Fat Greek Wedding
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“The other girls were blond and delicate,
and I was a swarthy six year old with
sideburns.”
Eating their wonder bread sandwiches.
It‟s moussaka. :: Mous-ca-ca!
While the pretty girls got to go to
brownies, I had to go to Greek school.
MBFGW
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“The other girls were blond and delicate,
and I was a swarthy six year old with
sideburns.”
MBFGW
sideburn
beard
mustache
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MBFGW
Eating their wonder bread
sandwiches.
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MBFGW
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It‟s moussaka.
Egg plant
MBFGW
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It‟s moussaka. : Mous-ca-ca
Ca-ca = poo, poo-poo,
Pee, pee-pee, wee
MBFGW
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While the pretty girls got to go to
brownies, I had to go to Greek school.
Movies
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He believed that any ailment, from
psoriasis to poison ivy, could be cured with
Windex.
Movies
How about “arachnophobia?”
~phobia= fear
acrophobia：懼高症
motorphobia：車輛恐懼症
acousticophobia：噪音恐懼症
social phobia
test phobia
After viewing the movie
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1) Is ____ an admirable character? Why, or why not?
2) What would you have done if you were in ____'s
situation?
3) What was ____ really thinking when he said _____?
4) What would people in your country think of _____?
5) What does this movie tell us about Americans?
Movie Trailers
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www.imdb.com
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Internet Movie Database
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The avengers (2012)
Movie trailers
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http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/eslvideo/index.html
( clips from movies )
http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/eslvideo/videos2.ht
ml ( comedy)
http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/eslvideo/videos3.ht
ml ( movie reviews)
Read the novels and watch the
movies or watch the movies and
read the novels
Eat, Pray, Love
享受吧！一個人的旅行
http://tw.movie.yahoo.com/movieinfo_trailer.html?id=3443&pid=6894
Tuesdays With Morrie
最後14堂星期二的課
“Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.”
“Every knows they‟re going to die, but nobody believes it.”
http://www.vocabulary.com/lists/25203#view=notes
TV series
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CSI , Gossip girl, Glee, House,m.d……
American sitcom:
“ Friends”
Characters /Plot summery / script
http://friendscafe.org/scripts.shtml
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Watch season 5 episode 9 ( 5 mins)
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Ross:
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He is a professor in
paleontology,but not world-smart.
Not a ladies man.
Monica is his younger sister.
Phoebe
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Weirdo in the group. Hears „voices‟,
thinks she is some kind of
„psychic‟.
Very bad childhood. Mom
committed suicide, never met dad.
Lived on the street. Has an evil
twin sister.
Monica
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Control freak and being tidy, clean.
Always in
command of parties and LOVES to clean.
Was very fat as a child, loved eating.
Now works as professional chef.
* Monica and Ross are brother and
sister.
Joey
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The MAN. Wanna be actor. Little
„slow‟, doesn‟t always grasp what
people are talking about.
Italian heritage. The LADIES man.
Very smooth. Dates and has sex a
lot.
Chandeler
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The funny man, takes nothing
seriously. Hates his boring job.
Chandler and Ross were College
roommates.
Had BAD childhood. Dad is gay,
drag queen
Rachel
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pretty face, popular girl, rich family
– spoiled little girl. Only goes by
face-value, dates rich or handsome
men
六人行中100句經典台詞
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I don„t have a clue!
我不清楚
Just follow my lead.
聽我指揮好了
Come on, cut it out!
別鬧了
六人行中100句經典台詞
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That was close!
好險
I„m all yours！
我全聽你的
I mean it!
我是認真的！
You bet!
當然
六人行吵架必備英文一百句
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Get off my back.
少跟我囉嗦
Knock it off.
少來這一套
I'm fed up.
我厭倦了
六人行吵架必備英文一百句
You piss me off.
你氣死我了
Don't give me your attitude.
別跟我擺架子
You're away too far.
你太過分了
You asked for it.
你自找的
Internet
1. www.ted.com ( remarkable speech )
persuasive
Informative
Courageous
Inspiring
Funny
Ingenious
Fascinating
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/steve_jobs_how_to_live_before_you_die.html
2. Behind the news
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s349198
2.htm
3. BBC English learning
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learni
ngenglish/language/wordsinthenews/20
12/05/120516_vwitn_cat_cafe.shtml