Watching films not only improves your language skills but can also teach you a lot about the culture, history, society, and life in a country.

This course will give a brief overview of the development of the film industry and deal with a selection of representative films (full length or parts) such as

• Kite Runner
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Of Mice and Men
• Supersize Me
• and/or others depending on students' preferences

• Bollywood versus Hollywood
  
  film techniques analyzing films (Slumdog Millionaire) documentary vs feature films
• Selected films and their socio-cultural backgrounds
  
  camera perspectives and movement analyzing The Great Dictator Supersize Me films as a means of education
• The role of films in the 21st century in comparison to former times
  
  analyzing Of Mice and Men Bollywood vs Hollywood various film techniques

• analysing films
• comparing and contrasting film scenes
• language skills (discussions, range of vocabulary,...)

• Vortrag
• Lehrervortrag
• Schülervortrag
• verschiedene Sozialformen
• Einzelarbeit
• Partnerarbeit
• Gruppenarbeit
• Diskussion
• außerschulische Lernorte
• Lehrausgang
• angewandte Methoden
• Analyse
• Recherche
• Brainstorming
• Mindmap
• Protokoll

• after discussing film scenes film reviews will be written

• Mitarbeit
• aktive Teilnahme am Unterrichtsgeschehen
• Fachbegriffe verwenden
• Diskussion
• Teamfähigkeit
• Aufgaben selbständig und effektiv bearbeiten
• schriftliche Aufgabenstellung
• Skriptum
• Handout
• Projektmappe
• Reflexion
• mündliche Leistungsfeststellung
• Beurteilungsgespräch
• immanenter Prüfungscharakter
• aktive Beiträge
• Präsentation
• selbständiges Arbeiten
• Analyse
• Transfer herstellen
• Medienrecherche

• interest in English and a fairly good command of the language
• If you are a pupil of the bilingual classes, you are welcome to enrol in year 5. Otherwise you should wait until you are in year 6 or even higher.

costs for 1-2 cinema tickets may have to be covered