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Welcome back to school!

Welcome back to school!. About the Course. What are you required to do? Before class In class --- movie appreciation & participation After class . About the Course. Scoring: Homework 10% Class participation 40% Attendance 10% Final Exam 20% Short play 20% Script 10% Acting 10%.

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Welcome back to school!

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  1. Welcome back to school!

  2. About the Course • What are you required to do? • Before class • In class --- movie appreciation & participation • After class

  3. About the Course • Scoring: • Homework 10% • Class participation 40% • Attendance 10% • Final Exam 20% • Short play 20% • Script 10% • Acting 10%

  4. Homework

  5. What is culture?

  6. Culture is the water a fish swims in. • Culture is the grammar of our behavior. • Culture is people’s customs, behavior….

  7. politics history language Value Culture customs Beliefs behavior politics

  8. Time for Discussion!

  9. Savoring Culture through Movies

  10. How to learn culture from movies?

  11. Where are the people? Who are they? What are they doing? Why do the man in green wave to the people at the gate?

  12. what are on the table? What is the relationship between the man and the woman? What does the man ask the woman to do?

  13. What might be the relationship between the woman and the children? Where are they? What d

  14. All About Movies • Movie vocabulary • Movie Studios • Movie Awards

  15. musical documentary literary newsreel swordsmen film detective film gangster film crime film ethical romance/ love film western science fiction horror film disaster film Movie Vocabulary

  16. Awards • Oscar Prize • Academy Awards • Nominations • Golden Horse Prize • Blue Ribbon

  17. Actors and Actress • Cast • All star cast • Principal • Co-star • Leading actor/ male lead • Second lead • Supporting actor • Semi-star

  18. Movie Studios

  19. 20th Century Fox Studio Warner Bros

  20. Paramount Studio New line

  21. MGM（Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer） Columbia Pictures Corp

  22. Assignment • Gather information about the following topics • Wedding • Woman’s role • Easter • Think about the following questions • If you’re going to marry a foreigner, what might be the problems that you’ll face?

  23. Assignment • Form groups of four. • Choose a topic. • Write a short play (for fifteen minutes) with your partners to show one aspect of American culture. • topics: the 3,4th week • First draft: the 7,8th week • Acting: April 30th

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