WELCOME TO OUR OPEN SESSION ON MOVIES!

The objectives for this session are:

• Learn about ways to improve your English through movies.

• Analyze some of the features you need to pay attention to before, while, and after watching a movie.

PRE-WATCHING ACTIVITIES

Discuss these questions with a partner:

• Do you know anything about these actors? How about their movies?

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• Have you heard anything about the movie 50 First Dates? 
• 50 First Dates is a romantic comedy. Do you like romantic comedies? Which romantic comedies do you remember? Which one do you like best?

 CLICK HERE TO READ THE  PLOT SUMMARY OF THE MOVIE 50 FIRST DATES

PRE-WATCHING STRATEGIES 

• Prior knowlegde
• Read a summary
• Predict vocabulary level
• Watch a trailer
• Ask other people about it

WHILE-WATCHING ACTIVITIES

Watch the trailer for  the movie 50 FIRST DATES

 Now read the script while watching the trailer. Click here to do it:

 50 First Dates

WHILE-WATCHING STRATEGIES

• Pay attention to body language.

• Get the main idea. Do not worry about details the first time you watch the movie. Then DO worry.

• Take notes on vocabulary and expressions.

 POST-WATCHING ACTIVITIES

• Select one expression from the script and explain it to your partners. You can explain by defining the word or by giving examples.

• Now, play with the words and expressions you just learned from watching the trailer

CLICK HERE FOR AN ACTIVITY ON QUIA.COM

POST-WATCHING STRATEGIES

• Recycle vocabulary. Keep a bank of words in vocabulary notebook.

• Watch the movie as many times as you want ( research shows that a good listening exercise should be done at least five times).

• Do not keep your opinion to yourself! Share it in English just like you would do it in your own language.

 EXPANSION

• English-trailers.com
  

• www.eslnotes.com/
  

• Comingsoon.net
  

• Internet Movie Database  

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