Watching Movies During Lessons?
Hello to all, my chatterboxes!
This is the first entry and the topic for the fortnight is......
Watching movies during English lessons and completing English class/homework based on them is fun!
Do you agree? Or do you disagree?
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93 comments:
I think its great to watch movies in class to relax and have fun but then doing the homework afterwards! Its great !
Hi Miss Ang...
Well.Watching movies during lessons is a yes and no to me.
I will explain why I said yes first. Some students can remember better by watching movies so its like giving them an advantage.
Now I explain why I said no. It is because some students hate movies, students may fall asleep or talk to each other during the movie.
Well. My comment is complete. See you in school then. ^_^
I disagree .
Some of the students might relax too much . There will be students who are not interested . Learning needs attention . Those pupils who are watching might not really pay attention , so when it's time to do work/assessments based on them , they might not do it well .
My comment ends here and mission is accomplished . See you in school, Miss Ang ! ^^
Hello Miss Ang,
I think watching movie is an advantage to us...
Some students may not understand the meaning of the words. After watching the movie, they could roughly imagine the meaning of the word.
Miss Ang wishes that u might show us more movies like MR BEAN?
Bye Bye! Meet u in school!!! o.0
Hi Miss Ang...
I think watching movie in class is great and i agree to the topic.
I think we can learn better like that. However the movie must be interesting and of our liking or else many people will take this time chattering and sleeping.
Maybe we can have some group work,
homework and classwork after the movie so we get to learn something after that.
I think thats all i have to say.
Yo! Miss Ang
To me watching movie during lesson is good.
Firstly,we can watch movies that we have not watch before.
Secondly,watching is easier to be understand than listening.
Lastly,of course we CAN ENJOY AND RELAX to watch the movie!
AILEEN NG
Yo Miss Ang =)
Basically, you should know how we students are like as you always says you were once a student.
You should know that we loves to be lazy and hate boring lessons.
Most students would prefer having movies around, of course, since, they would be able to laze around. They would love the time when the movie is playing but hate the time after, because then, they would have to do the assignments regarding to the movie, and they would dread it especially since they were not paying attention.
To me, having movies during class lessons might spice up the way we are always having the same O' lesson, and it'd be fun at the same time. Naturally, we would be able to learn new things.
I always believe in studying smart, not studying hard, i'm too lazy to be hardworking. ;)
But it might not be fun, to see students taking this opportunity to slack, eg. talking to classmates, or sleeping throughout the movie.
Different people might have different views, so, it might not always be good to have movies during lesson, but it does helps to make more students love english lessons and looking forward to it.
I always think that everything have a good and bad side to it.
It all depends on the students to how they will treat this lessons as, to relax and learn? Or to laze around and learn nothing?
See you in school!! =)
Looking forward to your lessons!!
I always enjoy your lesson though =) U are funny, ok =)
maybe i should add pretty too =) To make you feel happy maybe? =)
Take care...
Wow,these people do shriek fast....
Watching movies are a sweet and sure way to relax.
As Miss Ang's explaining may not
always be perfect,using the movie to relate to us what is happening would be the next best thing to do besides screaming her head off.
Wow....it seems that only Zul's
comment is most grammatically correct....See you in school then
~Sean~
@->
Liying
I think is a yes , because we can relax yet learn from the movie .
And it won't be so boring.Plus,we can learn new words from the movie.Its better then reading from textbooks.
Woah,cool down and relax Yi Yin.
You AND Zul's comments are grammartically correct......happy?
Addressing the issue of slacking/sleeping in class,we should follow madam Kavita's way by leaving only the front lights off and back lights on so as to let the
teacher know who is naughty and who's...well,good.
That's all folks!
~Sean
I think it's good for us to watch movies in class.Because we study excited and we will study when we are watching movies. My comment is watching movie in class is good.
Jun Xian
I think watching movie is quite ok but i hope Miss Ang can explain what the movie is about because some students may not understand the movie.Miss Ang does not need to show us movie everytimes because some students may find it too boring but we still can relax and watch the movie after the whole day of studying.
My comment ends here.See everyone in school.
TO: my chatty children
Good to see that you guys are having interactive fun online.
(And yes, Yiyin, you made my day by adding the word 'pretty' - haha.)
One thing to note:
TO SEAN & YIYIN: Please spell 'grammatically' correctly.
TO SEAN: good idea about leaving the backlights turned on. I intend to bring you children to AV Room for the screening.
TO ALL: individual movie screenings won't be long. The entire movie (it's actually a musical) is 3 hours long and you guys aren't going to have so much fun without me nagging.
Continue with the comments!
heylloo ms ang..
erm..i think its a good and bad idea..good because people these days thinks talking is boring!(no offence ms ang..)so by using media maybe they can pay attention more..bad because usually...i will sleep or sms or talk to yong yi...hehex..so i think its a 50-50 thingy..hahax..kaes..tats all..
fithrilicious..
c ya ms ang..
^_^
hello miss ang...
To me by watching english movie during lesson time is a good try to see whether the students will improve their english.We will also enjoy doing the work that was given afterward.Maybe you can try to let us watch some comedy show.To me I will be in interested in all this show.The main thing is we can RELAX!(:
I have finish my comment!see you in school!
riyan(:
tata~
hahehohu ~
Of course i agree !
It is because it would be relaxing and fun !
On the other hand , Ms Ang do not have to waste her precious and sweet voice to teach us repeatedly
( especially to shout at us if we do not listen to her , etc . but count me out ! kidding ~ [: )
So hope you guys agree with me okay?
Alright .
See ya guys !!
Ms Ang too :D
Bye darlings (:
Hi..Miss Ang
Watching movie during lesson is yes and no to me.
For "yes" I think it can be relaxing after the stress and some subjects is too stress for them also.
For "no" I think if relax too much we will cannot study and some students don't like to watch movies and it make the lesson become more boring than don't watch movie during the lesson
Hi Ms Ang !
I agree that watching movie is an advantage for us .
Some students have good memories at remembering those pictures which appear in the movies , so they can use it to do the homework without any problems . We can also do some group discussions about the movie , so we can know how much we have learn from the movie .
YO PEOPLE!!
LOL!
I think the answer can be a yes or a no.. It all depends on the student's interest in what kind of movies and the movie is best not to be too boring..
Some student cannot stand boring movie but they like funny ones like Mr Bean and other things that are funny..
It's really a fabulous idea to suggest movies and it can be applied for some students and there is a tendency in which that the number of people sleeping in your class will be less..
It really depends on what kind of movie we are watching.. So it cant be a yes or a no..
Thats what i think.. Anyway, got to end here.. ^-^ TeeHeeHee..
hello Miss Ang !!
im not 100% agree of watching movie in the class. As every people like different kinds of movie ( horror,humour etc ),some students might feel bored and start to be sleepy and soon fall asleep and some students who are interested of the story will watch it with full attention.
for the students with a poor english,the might can learn roughly from watching the movie.
Watching movie is a relaxation. i think if we want to watch movie during the lesson,it would be better if it is after the exam,because after exam,we have got to relax our mind.
i think this would be the end of my comment.
take care and see you in school,Miss Ang !
oH Yeah!!
I have thought of something.. Since not everyone do not really agree having movies for English.. how about Literature?? We can learn from the movie on the acting and other things.. HAHA!!
Suddenly thought of it..!!
I think is better to use for Literature.. So.. What do you think?? Is it okay??
I think like this would be much much better!!
shanhui...
yoyoz..
To Miss Ang's question, I would say yes to it...Because we could relax while watching the movie and not stress ourselves up!!!HeHeX...
Hey Miss Ang...
i think that whating movie n class is a great idea but of cause good movies that dosen'y have broken englst nor slangs...at the same time watchng movies-not boring movies enable us to be refreshed at the same time not feeling tired and want to know more more about the movie...It is far better than readng a story because people always had a mindset that read that
-cont- they had all they time in the world to read the book when they do not have.but watching move allows us to stay focused as mojority of the people would not have watched the movie before and therfore i suggest that after watching a movie,we should be gvin a assignment based on the movie so that that will allow you to know f we are attentive and at the same time to learn good english........haha finally finshed.
I think watching english movies in class is good because we can understand english better.
I think that watching a movie during lesson is both good and bad.
It is good because this way we can relax a little and Ms Ang can set some questions based on the story to see if we were paying attention while the movie is being shown.
It is also bad because as students, we tend to talk if the movie was boring and create noise that might disrupt the others who are watching the movie.
Jenina
To Jialee:
Yes, we can use movies for Literature as well. Literature and English are related. Since I teach your class both subjects, we can do many things together which will altogether improve grades!
To Sebastian:
Please check your spelling before posting for the entire world to read your comments. It was rather difficult trying to make out what you're saying and do break your sentences. =) Sounds like a sick boy rambling endlessly, high on medication (since you were absent today!).
hello people..
hey if you guys want to watch movies during literature and english...might as well have movie for all the lessons right??...think about it..after all we're young adults...and we need to celebrate our youth!not grow white hair..(sean...)so...how about it then,guys????
FiThRiLiCiOuS
*_^
Ah,the delightful Fithrilicious has
graced us with her presence once more......
Watching movies for all the lessons
sounds like a very good idea....but
making us too relaxed may effect the
overall study moral of this class.
The combination of movies and boring
books and explanation by the teachers tend to us in check and in balance of "THE SCALE"...
By the my white hair is caused by
some unhealthy in the blood or by
the stress I get in school and house.
:(......%_%
~Sean~
I'm angela. I couldn't log in into my account. So I used weilin's account.
I agree.
I think that watching movie and completing homework based on them is a fantastic thing. I think that watching movies will be more interesting than just reading the passage alone. So I really do hope that we will watch movies during class and do homework based on them.
That's all I have to say. See you at school miss ang! ^^
Angela
I'm debbie using weilin account.
I agree that watching movies in class for english is great. Most of us can probably learn better and in this way, we won't feel that it is a difficult subject.
That's all. See you!
Debbie
Hello people..
Hello Miss Ang..
Jolie here..
Regarding the issue about watching movies during lesson time, personally i think its a splendid idea as i think it could help us understand and learn english better. It has a better advantage for us to learn better and think that english its a interesting subject.
As lots of students think that its a 'yes' and a 'no', i think that its quite true as different students have different way of learning but seriously this is a better way to let students who are poor in english or not interested in english, have a better concept about this subject.
Although this is a good way of learning which could help us in many ways(e.g: writing better book or movie reviews), but i'm afraid that many students will take this advantage to talk when the movie is playing. But after ll i still think its a great advantage to us in learning.
I hope that u peeps can understand what am i talking about.. haha..
Bye! Thank You!
lookin forward to watch movie in clas.. wahaha...
signing off,
*zhuzhu*(^00^)
One more thing,
it would be some kind of shocking if Miss Ang let us watch the movie about the story about the gay thingy..(lit. text)
i will definetly have goosebumps if i saw that movie.. Eww..
but maybe it'll let us have a better picture what the text is about if its a long, winding and borin story.. hmm.. i think so..
bye peeps!!
Wasn't that most of us agreed on-distractions could happen the movie is being played....but leaving
the lights on lets the teacher have
a keen and sharp eye on us.
Doesn't anyone read other posts made
by other people?......kids...
And by the way,didn't Miss Ang say the use of proper english was important if not a must?
Ai cher,I think we need more than one
good moderator around here....
You could ask Jun Xian,he's just be
made Choir Chairman so he'd probably
do a better job than most of us(cept
you of course).
I thought ms ang says we need to use proper english in this blog when posting comments?
i think i saw many slangs..
Ms ang!!! When is your next post?!?!?!?!?
And jolie.. U beat me .. i thought mine was the longest..
But think yours is longer..
Oh, sorry ..
i didn't know my nick was xiiaoyiyin darling..
anyway, i am yi yin
Gasp!
The perfect moderator has come from the Heavens!
Although it's most likely to be Miss Ang,it's still....gasp!
Miss Ang...
i realized one thing...
how come the time we post in our post and the time its publish on the blog is so much differences??
is there a problem with the blog clock??
-Jolie-
20 January 2007
06.51 p.m
Hey Miss Ang...
Sorry for the improper enligh i used...
regarding the clip about 'Father And Son', may i ask, is it a real life story clip or is it an animation? I mean is the clip by real actors? I hope its not but it can really let me see how disgusting the person is. At least i won't be surprised when i met someone on the streets like that. agree?? haha...
by the way, yin.. i still think yours longer than mine...wahaha..And i didnt beat you.. i only defeated you..
I let this activity.. can let me defeat people.. wahaha.. i'm evil...
And Sean, Jun Xian being Choir Chairman is not confirmed yet as he's only on probation... so don't even think that he can help you in Choir... when you are noisy..
sorry for the inconvenince about deleting two of my comments..
sorry..
-Jolie-
* Drops Jaw*
Ok then......
Hey!
I thought Amabelle's username was ZhuZhu......Oh well..
* Plays Dead and sleeps *
The clip with Father and Son.....
I wonder if the author wrote the story based on real life....cause it most definitely sounds real....
I still say me and Zul's acting is still the best....
Oh ya,
HAPPY 50 POSTS!!!!
My being the 50th one!
* Ahem *
Get ready for the most bloody (no cursing pun intended ) long comment this blog has faced for the moment.
To Pretty (AHEM!!..cough,cough)Miss Ang:Jolie's kinda right....
The clock's got a little functioning problem.And showing the deleted posts only wastes space and time needed to scroll down to avoid it.
To Faithful San:Not much of a problem with cept you only posted one,so post more man!
To Role Model Zul:Good point there...
But I don't think there is such a person in 2e1 that hates MOVIES.
And being a student,talking a bit shows that there's some life in them yet.Being a "GOOD student",I would Miss Ang would allow interaction as long it is about the movie.
As for sleeping students,there's a bucket of cold water in my bag,Miss Ang's beautiful vocals and ten alarm clocks provided by madam Tan CK....By the way,post more!
To Lovely Weilin:Learning indeed requires attention...but it's up to Miss Ang to find sweet movies that radiates brightly enough to blind attention.Thank you for being the first one to mention it.
But the mission is never ever fully accomplished so keep the good work up!
To Pretty Elena:Coping part Zul's line isn't very original....
But however,you're right.
Some of the words may be too "Chim-alogy" to understand.But Miss Ang is a walking book of every hard word we might encounter so you may us her about any "chim" word in you do not know.
To the knowledgeable Hui Xuan:Your
words are indeed wise and came straight to point.A little groupwork here,a little homework there outta do the trick.Since you're smart enough,that's all I have for you now.
To ever-active Aileen:What you say is soo right yet sooo missing in correct grammar...good try though.
To Ravishing Yi Yin:It's love to be lazy and hate boring lessons.
"Dread it especially since they were not paying attention."....good summary of the vision I'm receving
ever time I turn my head.
You post of surprising English.
I am indeed unfit to judge.
That's all for now folks!
~Sean
Hey everyone,
I think watching movies during the lessons would be great as it would be making the lesson more interesting.It can be great as well as a bad thing.
Well...it is a good thing because everyone would be looking forward to English lesson everyday.The bad thing would be as Zul has mentioned...the students in class would be taking this opportunity to talk to their friends.
Ok...I am done commenting...See you on Monday!
YaHoo!
The ever sweet and kind-hearted Natasha has posted as well...
Well..I've said what I should have said and posted what I should have posted.If you have the time,read some of the posts.
Hi Miss Ang!!!
My reply is..well yeah i like movies and if some students finished their work they can watch the movie and not disturb anyone else...and relax,Zzzz....,Huh?
(O.o)From my BIG EYES(Given by Jolie).....Lol.
Seeing All Of You Soon In School!
Sean Tan..
you have nothing to do is it??
you are the most frequent person here you know?? you write so many comments for our classmates.. you are sure to be crazy.. even miss ang didn;t write as many as you did..
you are wasting your time..
-Jolie-
zhong yi A.K.A SaNdY...
I think watching movies is fun and exciting.Especially when we are watching foreign movies this will force them to the subtitle.It is very suitable for pupils who do not like to read.
That's all,BYE!!!
To sean.
You are sure one crazy person!!!
I think you have nothing to at home.Don't you have other things to do at home like reading books?
You don't have to comment sooooo many times!!
?????????????????????????????
What's wrong with making more comments??Anyway,I beat both you and Yi Yin so *_^.....
To SanDy:Reading books??
I rather sleep....besides I've read every book in my home except the schoolbooks.....twice.
Hello people,
This is Kelvin using Jolie account..
I think that it si a good idea because it will be much more interestin than to listen to the teacher teach... As i hardly concentrate in class, i think it will be best to learn by movie and will gain my understanding power..
that's all i ahve to say...
bye!!
Hey guys,
To Kelvin:
I think you should check for spelling mistakes before posting your comment.
To Sean:
I think you should not give too much comments about what others are writing though they were rather useful.
To Zhongyi
I think Sean is really bored at home. you can't blame him for posting so many comments.
Bye:p
helloo people..
im not surprised about sean...
he's just bieng SEAN...
anyway...
i heard ms and is going to play father and son..
i think its agood idea..
when reading..its harder to visualise the characters actual movements and feelings...so its a bit hard to understand..
but when we actully see the movie we could feel how Andrew felt when he was scolded by his father...
just like the other time ms ang asked zul and sean to act..we could actully make out what they are doing..
so if ms ang is going to play father and son in class, count me In...
what about you guyss??
what do you think then??
FiThRiOuS
>.<
---
Haha,I don't think Sean would post here for a while for all your comments are scaring him.
Hey Fithril,when you say you can actually make out what Zul and Sean
are doing,do you mean that they acted better the other actors of Miss Ang's
little play?
To all: Be nice to everyone - yes, and that includes being nice to Sean too.
To Fithri: Everyone has white hair, so be nice. Sean's a pretty good-looking boy, like all the other boys in class.
I won't be screening 'Father and Son' in class.
To Jose: No, the movie is not for time-filling purposes. I'm usually over-running the lesson time and we actually don't have any 'extra' time, yeah? The movies will be for English work purposes.
To Kelvin: Movies won't be a solution to ensure that you pay attention in class if your heart's not there in the first place. Do not depend on others to make you feel happy or desire to learn; rather, you are your own man.
I think watching movies have good and bad points.
I don't think watching movie in class is good because the movie is long and if it's boring we might fall asleep .It's good to watch movie in class so that we won't hear so much of nagging by 'someone' (no offense) and we can relax! That’s the most important thing!
Hi people..
i'm back again..
Miss Ang, are you sure that you are not screening the movie of 'Father and Son' in class?? But i thought that u said you will be playing the movie for us to watch??
To Yong Yi:
are you sure that the movie will be long?? as our lesson time is only forty-five minutes, i'm sure miss ang will playing a movie half way like an extract out from a book..
To Jose:
i don't think that Sean will care about what people says about him.. although he has his own feelings.. haha.. it will be a miracle if he doesn't post...
ok.. bye...
-Jolie-
HI MS ANG...
I am Michelle
I agree to watch movie during lessons...
Because if we everyday just study from the book,it will become very boring.(@o@)"
And we can feel very relax during learning also,.,Not that boring as usual.,.
And we also enjoy your lesson everytime...
So i agree to watch movie during lesson^v^
hmm . agree on having movie in class . instead of having boring lessons using textbooks and tons of papers. it will make the class more interesting . see you peeps in class then . buaiis .
-ber-
heyyss...
shouldn't we get a new topic or something..
like eating during class so we can concentrate better....haha
To sean:
sooo sorry..i didn't mean it in a bad way..if it hurts you..forgive me!!!
To Jose:
i've seen better...hahaha(no offence tho')at least when they acted,we can understand what thier trying to do...
To sean Again:
Yeah..you're a nice guy and all but.......................
anyway..
can we discuss on a new topic then??its getting kind of draggy...
FiThRiLiCiOuS...
To Jose:
my name is fithri...
not fithril...
got not L..
and dont call me FREAKY also..
it hurts me to know that people cannot pronounce my name correctly...even my form teacher....*sads*
&_&......
Fine,so I can't post anymore can I...
And no fithri,it doesn't hurt and Jose's last comment was made by me...
miss ang!! as what fithri said..
can we change the topic?? its getting boring... oh please!!!
-Jolie-
Haha.....
They're all suffering from post-depression...but ZhuZhu ah,
Miss Ang will only change the subject
if and only when the two weeks are gone and everybody posted.
!_! I'm bored too....."_:
Fithri: All of you are TEENAGERS, not young adults. Young adults are ages 17 and older.
SEAN: boost/affect class 'morale', not 'moral'.
JOLIE: PLease don't use 'peeps', shortform for 'people'. And yes, I was just thinking about showing a short clip related to 'Father and Son'!
TO ALL:
(1) Yes, using grammatically correct sentences is a MUST.
(2) The subject or language 'English' MUST be spelt with a capital 'E'. I've already taught all of you pronouns last year, haven't I?
Zul here reporting for duty!
Wow. This blog sure gets comments fast.
To Sean: You sure reply fast. Nothing to do at home???
To everyone: Reply more guys and girls. Make this blog the best from the other classes!
To Zul:Well....took you long enough to make another post.....we already are the highest commented blog that Miss Ang has created so don't worry.
Now all need is the Father & Son movie to be screened...
ZUL AND SEAN ARE SO CHILDISH!!! WAHAHA.. TOO BORED LA...
-JOLIE-
>>ZUL AND SEAN ARE SO CHILDISH!!! WAHAHA.. TOO BORED LA...
Our problem meh?.....How many more people have not posted their comments yet?
Hmm. It doesnt matter that we are childish. We are growing up. We will change. Hmm. I think about 10 people haven't post their comments yet.
YOU TWO BULLY ME!!!
MISS ANG, YOUR STUDENT....
Zul is always right....
Hey guys .. don't you all think you post too much comments already ?
And PLEASE ms ang .. i beg you!!!!
CHANGE TOPIC CAN ??
PLEASE??
Jolie and Sean, i'll try to defeat the whole class for the next topic ..
=)
YOU shall see..
My power =)
Since you guys love to post so much, i shall spam..
Our class only got 39 pupils, how come just few days did not check out blog then so many shrieks alredy??
U all professional commenters..
HAHAX!!!
sorry, i mean already ..
spelling error..
hahax!!
Hi children
I am able to access this finally from my table. Can you try accessing and commenting via the school library?
If so, it will be more convenient for everyone. =)
To Yiyin: STOP SPAMMING!
To all: Constructive comments, please.
Okay now guys...
The new topic has been released. Please go to the topic to post.
Thank you
Zul.....we know that already.
Thank you for your extra comment though.
I agree.
because watching movie is also another kind of study.By improve your english skills and speak proper english. It also make student more relax and not bored during lesson.
Happy 90th freaky sheiks everybody!
If only this could reach 100 comments...oh never mind..there's still the next one.
i agree as i think it is a good way to learn english by watching movies as we will learn to speak properly and fluently.
I tink that it is a great idea to watch a movie in class. It will improve our vocabulary. But there will always be some people who will use that time to either talk to their friends or sleep.
Monti
2e1
i think it's a great idea to watch
a movie in class as it is fun and it doesn't make us bored during the lesson.
I will support with Barnabas. Miss Ang, you know that movies can entertain 2E1 so it is a good idea to wach movie in class. It also can release stress that is in our head.
Signing out, Halim
I'm Terence .
I think it would be great if we are learning through movies as we may get bored by just listening 2 teachers explaining or teaching...hehe...No offense right Miss Ang???As i said that learning through movies are great cause most of the time movies can teach us some moral in life and it can also allow us to listen in class more attentively...So if we can really learn through movie during lesson time i would be glad to look forward to the lessons more...But one thing thats bad watching movies during lesson time is that some people in class will be talking instead of watching and they will most likely forget about what happened earlier in the movie...okay...i need 2 go le if i got the time i will drop by and leave some comments!!!
Terence
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