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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................4
COURSE STRUCTURE...........................................................................6
PART I. TALKING ABOUT FILMS.....................................................10
PART II. WATCHING "CASABLANCA"............................................37
PART III. DISCUSSING "CASABLANCA".........................................64
PART IV. ANSWER KEYS...................................................................83
TAPESCRIPT OF LISTENING MATERIAL......................................101
BIBLIOGRAPHY.................................................................................115
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INTRODUCTION
The nature and purpose of the course
The project is topic base resource around the theme of Cinema. It is de-
signed for (upper-) intermediate or advanced students who have some experi-
ence in listening comprehension and understanding British and American
films in English with/without subtitles. It will take students up to a point
where their receptive and productive use of English, is accurate and fluent
over the topic Cinema and situations connected with film making/viewing as
well as screen adaptions of the classical literature.
The materials of Part I are aimed at a hypothetic group of students tak-
ing an (optional) English course of oral and written practice, they orientate
students to the theme Cinema – talking about films and film makers. The in-
terrelated listening, reading and writing material is designed to provide the
necessary structural and lexical stimulus for students as well as essential Eng-
lish vocabulary to express their views on the topic. Listening activities are
based on authentic interviews with English speaking students, a film director,
recordings about British and American actors.
The tapescripts of all the listening material are printed at the back.
Movie quiz checks students' knowledge of certain facts from cinema-
tography history, world famous actors and international directors as well as
some screen versions of world famous literature classics.
Parts II, III provide an interrelating sequenced material around watch-
ing and discussing one of Hollywood's classics – the film Casablanca. The
before watching section introduces critical reaction to the film and the while
watching tasks give students achievable portions of the film so that they are
encouraged to engage in the mechanics of the plot – to aid rather than test
their comprehension highlighting the most important events from the film.
Fifteen episodes from the film might help students experience English in ac-
tion and learn more about the events of World War II, they will share many
experiences of the film characters as they hear English spoken naturally. A
number of tasks provide material for discussion and role play.
The present project begins a series of teaching booklets dealing with
screen adaptations of world known classical literature; study watching of such
films and the books on which they are based, ranging from the great classical
novels of the nineteenth century, the works of Jane Austen and Charles Dick-
INTRODUCTION
The nature and purpose of the course
CONTENTS The project is topic base resource around the theme of Cinema. It is de-
signed for (upper-) intermediate or advanced students who have some experi-
ence in listening comprehension and understanding British and American
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 4 films in English with/without subtitles. It will take students up to a point
where their receptive and productive use of English, is accurate and fluent
COURSE STRUCTURE ........................................................................... 6
over the topic Cinema and situations connected with film making/viewing as
PART I. TALKING ABOUT FILMS ..................................................... 10 well as screen adaptions of the classical literature.
The materials of Part I are aimed at a hypothetic group of students tak-
PART II. WATCHING "CASABLANCA" ............................................ 37 ing an (optional) English course of oral and written practice, they orientate
students to the theme Cinema – talking about films and film makers. The in-
PART III. DISCUSSING "CASABLANCA" ......................................... 64 terrelated listening, reading and writing material is designed to provide the
necessary structural and lexical stimulus for students as well as essential Eng-
PART IV. ANSWER KEYS ................................................................... 83 lish vocabulary to express their views on the topic. Listening activities are
based on authentic interviews with English speaking students, a film director,
TAPESCRIPT OF LISTENING MATERIAL ...................................... 101 recordings about British and American actors.
The tapescripts of all the listening material are printed at the back.
BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................. 115
Movie quiz checks students' knowledge of certain facts from cinema-
tography history, world famous actors and international directors as well as
some screen versions of world famous literature classics.
Parts II, III provide an interrelating sequenced material around watch-
ing and discussing one of Hollywood's classics – the film Casablanca. The
before watching section introduces critical reaction to the film and the while
watching tasks give students achievable portions of the film so that they are
encouraged to engage in the mechanics of the plot – to aid rather than test
their comprehension highlighting the most important events from the film.
Fifteen episodes from the film might help students experience English in ac-
tion and learn more about the events of World War II, they will share many
experiences of the film characters as they hear English spoken naturally. A
number of tasks provide material for discussion and role play.
The present project begins a series of teaching booklets dealing with
screen adaptations of world known classical literature; study watching of such
films and the books on which they are based, ranging from the great classical
novels of the nineteenth century, the works of Jane Austen and Charles Dick-
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