Dear friends,
HAPPY WESTERN NEW YEAR to all of you. We hope you have all enjoyed a good
break from schoolwork! And Kelvin and students from Singapore, welcome to join
us! It seems that we know you already a little bit after seeing your picture
and profile on Moodle :) Also welcome Carolina and students from the
Philippines, you are now ready to start working with us. There are new group
pictures from the Philippines in the NEWS - go and check them out.
STUDENT DISCUSSION
We would like to remind everyone to have a look at the student discussion
forum, and also to participate in the discussions. There have been really in
depth and interesting discussions on dubbing films, for example.
SHARING FILM REVIEWS
We will attach instructions on writing film reviews in this mail. The same
sheet has also been uploaded on Moodle. It would be nice to receive some
contributions from your students. They can write reviews in their own time, or
if you are an English teacher, feel free to use these instructions in your
lessons and maybe then upload some written work done in class.
STARTING OUR MAIN PROJECT TASK
Now it is time to get going with our main project task for this year -
watching films together. For this we will need the details of ONE chosen film
from each country/school. When you choose the film with your students consider
the following:
1. availability on DVD with English subtitles
If the film is difficult to find abroad we will have to organise a mailing
list from school to school.
2. remember that the youngest participants are only 14 years old!
3. choose a film originally from you country (we will look for cultural
aspects while watching)
DEADLINE:
We would like the details of the film from each school by FRIDAY, JANUARY 19,
please.
Schools will then be divided into 4 groups with 4 schools in each. This means
that each group of students is expected to watch 3 foreign films and then
discuss them afterwards. More detailed instructions for the viewing will be
mailed soon.
If you look at the TOP TEN lists from each school, it is easy to see how
Hollywood-oriented students movie experiences are. We are very much looking
forward to exposing our students to films that they would probably never watch
otherwise, and thus widening their horizons!
Hoping to hear from all of you soon! best wishes from green Finland
(ie. still no snow!),
Sinikka, Merja, Maija and Jonina