Christmas Movies in Class

[carol75]

I was lucky that the previous teacher left a Korean purchased copy of the movie Elf at my apartment.  If you can get your hands on a copy of it, I'm attaching the movie questions I made up to go with the movie. 
A nice, easy way to end the semester!
Happy Holidays Everyone!
Carol

[Wretchard]

A PPT with those questions about the Elf movie.

[Sam Chi!]

I edited the questions for elementary school students. 

[ansananswers]

Star216...I clicked on the links for the subtitles and there was an error in the link to the page.  Is there anyway that I can get just the subtitles from you?  Perhaps via email.  I have been wanting to show them this movie for a while.

[jaysoon17]

Hey Everybody,

Will any of you be showing a movie the week before Christmas? If so, which one, and will you include a worksheet or just show the movie? I'm trying to think of a good movie to show to middle school students.

Thanks!

[w4z]

I'm thinking about showing The Nightmare Before Christmas.  I have to find a copy with Korean subtitles tho...

[dmhr25]

I'm in Elementary school with 40 minute classes.  I am showing 'Shrek the Halls'.  It's 25 minutes long.  We can chat about it afterwards or do a word find.

[Loki001]

No, that's not useful.

They are at school to learn.

They can watch movies at home.

[Schellib39]

I tried the showing the original cartoon of frosty the snowman with High School students last year.  Because there were no subtitles students could care less about trying to watch in class.  Unless the Korean subtitles are there for them to read so they don't have to listen to the English they will not be interested.  Because of this I feel the students are getting nothing from watching movies in class, so I don't use them in class so often....

[SpaceRook]

A movie?  No. 

A 20-minute TV show or 5-minute music video?  Possibly. 

[popeye2u]

I'm showing "abduction" to my 6th graders.  Unless I find something better, that's gonna be it.  I am thinking of showing "my pet dinosaur" if I can find it. 

[Eonbuk]

Yeah, I'm getting an error message when I try to download from both links. I'd really like to get this movie!

[dalpengee]

i was thinking of the nightmare before chirstmas also, but would you consider that a halloween or christmas movie? lol
There's also the the Grinch Stole Christmas, cartoon or live action version. And there's also....Olive The Other Reindeer, Muppet Christmas Carol, etc.

[ytuque]

I will not be showing a Christmas movie since nearly half of the students are Buddhist.

[hilarity ensues]

No, that's not useful.

They are at school to learn.

They can watch movies at home.

I thought this for a very long time, and was absolutely shocked when one of my fellow NETs brought in a movie for them to watch AND THAT'S IT… And I definitely don't see the point in watching Korean movies… but one of my Korean co-teachers actually showed 'Sunny' in one of my classes-- and it was her idea. Basically, it's about keeping them quiet.   

I've also come to realize that unless you have a super keen class, there's not much point in trying to force them to do anything learning-related at a certain time of year… which is fast-approaching and in my case already here for the third year students. They've already gotten used to not doing anything in class and have basically checked out… I've tried to get them to play games that are super fun and have always gotten a good result, but they still complain before sitting around doing nothing/talking/getting into trouble.

I'm showing 'Drag Me To Hell' to my second and third year students-- it's pretty far from a Christmas movie, but it's good because they like horror and there's no sex (the main couple don't even live together) or torture porn like the Saw movies they were watching last year-- it's PG-13. I actually couldn't get the subtitles to work for one of my problem classes and they were still paying attention, so that has to be a good thing-- one of them even asked 'YOU SHAMED ME! moiya?' so that's something of a victory.

In some cases, I'm handing out 'scavenger hunt' sheets and getting them to watch out for/identify certain actions/scenes in the movie… so if they see it they raise their hand and identify the scene… it's completely optional. It's not really so amazingly in-depth but it keeps them pacified… even though there was still something of a fight in my most notorious class today. On the other hand, I had a conversation with a few of them today, which wouldn't have happened otherwise.

[Seoulian]

I'm showing a movie (Home Alone 2), but not the whole thing because it would take three weeks. If the students are interested in finishing it, I plan on showing it in the English zone during the lunch breaks. Hopefully some students will show up. I don't feel bad about it, the students are watching movies with their other classes, playing soccer, doing special projects and if they are bad enough students they just walk around the school.

[stamerjam]

Question, those oppose showing a movie - are you a first time NET or have you been teaching here for awhile?

I am debating on showing a movie. I am a new NET, so this will be my first time teaching students after finals. All my other friends who are new NETs plan to do fun lessons for the rest of the year. (I'm going to try the K-Pop slam next week) My friends who are veteran NETs are all showing a movie...

 I have the Nightmare Before Christmas with Korean subtitles in my English Zone (unopened copy). It's a perfect movie to show over two class periods.

I would rather teach the students, but if there is no point trying to gain their attention - I would love to share one of my favorite movies.
(I used to hate watching movies in school. I always thought it was a waste of my time, rather would be home)

[Damien]

I taught class last year, bombed. This year, movies! Even my co-teachers asked me to show movies. I try to throw in a little semi-lesson about something in the movie.

[Sprite06]

I'm considering showing a movie in my 3rd - 6th grade after school class.  It's hard to teach them anything with the levels so varied.

Those of you showing movies, what age are you teaching?

I'm at elementary of course.

Nightmare before Christmas sounds like a decent idea

[pdxinsk]

Thanks for the PowerPoint and the worksheet! I'm planning to show Elf once we're finished with the book so those are very helpful!

You can download the movie from piratebay.org, then download the subtitle file separately (I used the one at this link: http://cineast.co.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=psd_caption&wr_id=590634&sca=&sfl=wr_subject%7C%7Cwr_subject&stx=elf&sop=and&page=2 )

I'm brand new at playing movies with Korean subtitles, and I had to try a few different ways to get them to play together correctly (I tried several suggestions I found on Waygook, but most of them didn't work for me - don't know if it's my computer or the version of the media players or what - I'm sure those ways worked for other people) but this is the suggestion I found that worked for me:

I saved both the movie file and the subtitle file in one folder. I opened the movie file with the GOM player, then right after, I right-clicked on the movie, and picked the sixth option down (자만) and then the second option (자만탐색기). This will open up a small black window - click on the picture of the folder in the upper left corner. Find the file for the subtitles, then press open and then click out of the black window. Hopefully that will work for you - at least that's how I got it to play!