1. Movies and Songs in ESP Teaching
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2. Proč používat film při výuce?
Rozvíjení všech řečových dovedností, včetně tzv. „páté dovednosti“ – porozumění slyšenému a viděnému
Zpestření hodin a motivace pro studenty
Zdroj autentického jazyka a materiálů
Informace z oblasti reálií
Podpora obrazu při poslechu (vizuální opora)
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3. Students´ level: intermediate (B2)
DEAD POETS SOCIETY
Students´ level: intermediate (B2)
Learner type: students of the Faculty of Education
Time: 90 minutes
Activity: watching parts of a film, speaking
Topic: different types of schools, different teaching styles, teacher’s personality
Language: vocabulary related to education, teaching, personal traits
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4. to practise listening, speaking and pronunciation
Aims:
to practise vocabulary related to education, teaching and personal traits in context
to practise listening, speaking and pronunciation
to learn some interesting cultural facts related to education
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5. Procedure
1 WARM-UP
Look at the photograph below. Do you know the man? Where is the picture taken from?
   
Can you describe the teacher’s posture?
Can you describe the students’ posture?
What do you think about this kind of teacher and this teaching style?
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6. Scene 1 - School
Watch the following scene and answer the questions below:
What are the four pillars?
_________ _________ _________ _________
Where and when does the film take place?
What kind of school is it?
Discuss in pairs:
Is “Welton” the type of school you would like to attend? Why or why not?
Is “Welton” the type of school you would like to teach at? Why or why not?
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7. Scene 2 – Different teaching styles. Carpe Diem.
Watch the following scene.
A Pay attention to different teaching styles and after watching the scene compare the teaching styles presented.
Which style do you prefer and why?
B What does seize the day expression mean and what does Mr. Keating want his students to realize?
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8. Scene 4 – Standing on the desk
Scene 3 and Scene 4
Scene 3 – Rip it out
Why does Mr. Keating want his students to rip out the introduction of the Poetry book?
Scene 4 – Standing on the desk
Why does Mr. Keating want his students to stand on the desk?
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9. CLASS DISCUSSION AFTER WATCHING THE SCENES
1 How would you describe Mr. Keating’s personality? Use personality adjectives to describe him.
2 What do you think about Mr. Keating’s teaching methods/style of teaching?
3 Would you like if a teacher approached you this way? Or would you prefer a less emotional teaching style?
HOMEWORK/EXTENSION
Write a mini-essay answering starting with: “The best teacher I’ve ever had ….“
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10. Sources http://putlockers.fm/watch/gdVK38vD-dead-poets-society.html
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11. Students´ level: pre-intermediate (B1)
FREEDOM WRITERS (2007)
Students´ level: pre-intermediate (B1)
Learner type: students at the Faculty of Education
Time: 90 minutes
Activities: watching parts of a film, working with a handout, speaking, a grammar exercise
Topics: problems at school, racism, diversity and tolerance, motivation of pupils
Language: vocabulary related to problems at school, grammar – reported speech
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12. Aims:
to develop analytical, interpretative, problem-solving, anticipatory and critical thinking skills
to raise cultural awareness
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13. Information about the movie:
main role: Hilary Swank, director: Richard LaGravenese
set in Los Angeles in the years following the 1992 Rodney King riots
Erin Gruwell - an English teacher for the “at-risk” freshmen students at Wilson High School (a new racial integration plan)
Erin uses unconventional teaching methods to improve the situation in class
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14. Scene 1 – Erin’s first day teaching English
Background:
integration plan – students of different ethnic minorities (African-American, Mexican-American, Asian-American) are integrated in the class
they come from street gangs, struggling for their lives every day
Tasks:
What problems that the teacher is experiencing with students in this scene can you identify?
Choose three of the problems listed below that you think Erin will need to overcome in the first part of the movie.
Work in groups of three. Imagine that you teach English in such a class. Think of 5 ways how you can motivate the students.
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15. Scene 1 – Erin’s first day teaching English
 students arrive late  students bully others
 students are unmotivated  students do not trust the teacher
 students are racist  students are slow learners
 students carry guns to school  students are addicted to drugs
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16. teaching methods used by Erin:
approach – treating students with respect and interest; being positive and enthusiastic
emphasizing what the students have in common, promoting tolerance
linking the subject matter with the students’ real life and problems
variety of teaching strategies – a line game, reading a book about Anna Frank, class discussions, writing a letter to a real person, writing a personal journal, a field trip (a visit at the Museum of the Holocaust), discussion with Jewish Holocaust survivors
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17. Scene 2 – A racist drawing
Tasks:
Do you think the drawing is racist? Why/why not?
Work in pairs and act out the following roles.
What does Erin compare the drawing to? Why does she do it?
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18. Scene 3 – The line game Tasks:
Tasks:
Complete the following questions with the missing words.
Change the questions into indirect speech.
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19. Sources
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