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

• The Children of Men
• Dead Poets Society
• Cry Freedom
• documentary e.g. American Passages
• and/or others - always depending on students' interests and preferences

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siehe Lehrplan für Englisch

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• The impact of film techniques on viewers
  

  outlining and discussing film techniques,

  camera perspectives and movement

  comparing documentary and feature films

• Selected films and their socio-cultural backgrounds
  

  analyzing films as a means of education

• The role of films in the 21st century in comparison to former times
  

  analyzing film classics in comparison to contemporary films

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

• Lehrervortrag
• Schülervortrag
• Einzelarbeit
• Partnerarbeit
• Gruppenarbeit
• Diskussion
• außerschulische Lernorte
• angewandte Methoden
• Analyse
• Recherche
• Brainstorming
• Mindmap
• Kinobesuch

• after discussing film/scenes, film reviews will be written

• Mitarbeit
• Referat

• high interest in English and a fairly good command of the language
• openness to discover various aspects of watching films

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

costs for copies (max. € 5)