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chickyabroad
Joined: 24 Jul 2006
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 4:47 pm Post subject: Showing movies in class |
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| So my 3rd graders are finishing their finals this week, though there's still almost 5 weeks of school left. Of course they're not going to want to do anything that seems like work, so besides a couple of games that I know they like, I'm hoping to show a movie or TV show. But where do I get movies to show? My school doesn't have any English movies and only some classrooms have a working projector. But all have TVs with VCRs/DVD players that work. Any suggestions on where to get movies that don't have Korean subtitles? |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Um, a DVD-shop? The Internet? |
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Jeff's Cigarettes
Joined: 27 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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Whether they want to do any work doesn't even enter the equation. You're a Teacher, not a movie projectionist. Show a movie for 5 weeks...  |
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EricaSmile84
Joined: 23 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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| I am also showing a movie in a few weeks. We're 1 chapter away from finishing the textbook so that leaves us with 2 weeks of "party-time", as my co-teachers tell me. I think I'm going to let each class vote though... watch an English movie or learn and English song. Now it's finding the right movie to show and the right songs to teach that I have to think about. |
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EricaSmile84
Joined: 23 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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| BTW most dvds have subtitle options-- you can turn it on or off. You can rent them or buy them for not too much money at Homeplus or something similar. |
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nomad-ish
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
Location: On the bottom of the food chain
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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| i just buy cheap dvds from street vendors in yongsan or itaewon. all the english dvds have the korean subtitles option, i've never run into dubbing. just don't buy any movies that are currently out in theatres, chances are the quality is crap. |
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chickyabroad
Joined: 24 Jul 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks to those with the helpful answers. I don't generally watch DVDs so I didn't know that it was possible to turn off the subtitles. Now to find something that will appeal to the most number of students... |
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D.D.
Joined: 29 May 2008
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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| watch-movies.net has so many movies and most of the older ones are good quality. |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:44 am Post subject: |
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| Wall-E is very popular right now and doesn't have much dialogue for the first 20 minutes or so - easy enough to follow along - |
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rationality
Joined: 05 Jul 2007
Location: Some where in S. Korea
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LydiaSarah
Joined: 02 Jul 2008
Location: Bucheon, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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| I've had pretty good success showing High School Musical to my middle schoolers. The context is really clear so the plot is easy to follow, and they love all the cheesy pop songs. I had them write down words and phrases describing each character while they watched, then we had a short discussion afterwards. |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 3:18 am Post subject: |
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| moosehead wrote: |
| Wall-E is very popular right now and doesn't have much dialogue for the first 20 minutes or so - easy enough to follow along - |
I got a new job as a movie projectionist during the past week airing Wall-E on rural classroom 64 inch HDTV which they just go ga ga for. I download off the internet and bring in on USB flash memory since the TV and movie projectors run off the computer. I also got a bunch of other movies with Korean subtitles from a Korean teacher a few days ago which are in my December line up. Things like, "Flushed Away," and, "The Simpson's Movie."
They love Wall-E. It takes 2 periods to show it, but I have the same students for as long as 3 or 4 hours straight so a movie or short show such as a Spongebob episode or AFV works well to break up the lesson. BTW, I also actually teach English with at least half the scheduled class time. |
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kiknkorea
Joined: 16 May 2008
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| Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 2:56 am Post subject: |
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| Jeff's Cigarettes wrote: |
| Whether they want to do any work doesn't even enter the equation. You're a Teacher, not a movie projectionist. Show a movie for 5 weeks... |
VERY true. If I based my job on what they WANTED to do, there would be no lessons! Although I have met my share of 'teachers' who fit into that category of not wanting to do any work as well, other than hitting 'play' and relaxing. |
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pandapanda
Joined: 22 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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| LydiaSarah wrote: |
| I've had pretty good success showing High School Musical to my middle schoolers. The context is really clear so the plot is easy to follow, and they love all the cheesy pop songs. I had them write down words and phrases describing each character while they watched, then we had a short discussion afterwards. |
Do the boys actually like it? I'm at a boys middle school and figure that they'd probably not be too interested. |
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jvalmer
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| Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Mars Attacks is a good one. The first 30 minutes is kind of boring, but after, the student start to quiet down and find the movie very amusing. |
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