The Arts
I have selected here a list of movies you can base your activities on. They are all representative of emotional intelligence or Mindfulness. Needless to say you may prefer your own choice of films! If so, should you be willing to share yours I will be delighted to enlarge my own list.
- Asking for help: Looking for Eric by Ken Loach [review]
- Benefits of Mindfulness: Peaceful warrior by Victor Salva [info]
- Connectedness: Legend of Bagger Vance by Robert Redford [review]
- Compassion: The Salt of the Earth by Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado [review]
- Emotional intelligence in politics: Diplomacy by Volker Schlöndorff [review]
- Empathy: Jerry Maguire by Cameron Crowe [review]
- Equanimity: Darkest Hour by Joe Wright [review]
- Family life dynamics: The Tree of Life by Terence Malick [review]
- Here and now: The Brand New Testament by Jaco Van Dormael [review]
- Hope: The Shawshank Redemption by Frank Darabont [review]
Colin Firth’s performance of a remarkable example of self improvement is magnificent
- Instinct for survival: Life of Pi by And Lee [review]
- Letting go: Departures by Yojiro Takita [review]
- Maladaptative emotions: Inside Out by Pete Docter [review]
- Manipulation: Die Welle by Dennis Gansele [review]
- Non-striving: Spring, summer, autumn, winter…and spring by Kim Ki-duk [review]
- Non-verbal communication: Wall-E by Andrew Stanton [review]
- Self awareness: A Beautiful Mind by Ron Howard [review]
- Self confidence: Hitch by Andy Tenant [review]
- Self esteem: Angel-A by Luc Besson [review]
- Self-improvement: The King’s Speech by Tom Hooper [review]
- The comfort zone: Jack and the Cuckoo-clock heart by Mathias Malzieu and Stéphane Berla [review]
Adapted from Marc Rodríguez Castro
record your monologue
The task: the suggested speaking activity is to deliver a Monologue on likes and dislikes in terms of films that you can base on the above. The proposal is for the students to record a monologue and receive feedback from the teacher. The benefits of the students getting recorded gives meaning to this blog (read more). I have two favourite techniques to provide feedback on recorded speaking tasks: one is notes synchronised with videos using videonot.es (here is a tutorial ) the other is to record my own video clip with comments on the task,. Students seem to appreciate this more «horizontal» technique.
share your likes and dislikes in terms of films
As a follow-up activity you may want to ask your students to record their videos a second time, after they have had their feedback. Then share their monologues with the rest of the group for suggestions on what movies they recommend that their classmates should watch.
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