Description:

Students increase their communication skills by viewing, discussing and thinking critically about films. Prerequisite: Acceptance to the ELI program.

Outcomes:

After completing this class, students should be able to:

• Learning
• Follow dialogue in a film
• Use visual and aural non-linguistic cues to understand meaning
• Identify plot, conflict, and theme
• Identify setting and its relevance to the film—time, place
• Identify how style plays a part in a viewer’s response to a film (music, mood, symbolism, foreshadowing, etc.)
• Understand vocabulary in context
• Incorporate film vocabulary and idioms in class discussions and beyond
• Respond appropriately to questions about a film
• Summarize the plot
• Express opinions using relevant support
• Expand on content expressed in the films
• Generate ideas independently
• Recognize their own biases and values through reflection
• Recognize and respect different perspectives on various issues