Theoretical Foundation
Why movies? More often than not, materials play a more
important role than the teacher when it comes to students’ learning (Noor
Hanim,2014b).
Perhaps the
teachers’ role would be to ensure that there are many opportunities for
students’ interaction. Movies have long “entered” the ESL classroom for many
different reasons-the most common reasons are for Literature lessons, and
lately for writing lessons (Noor HanimRahmat,2014a). Movies are used as they
provide authentic materials in the ESL classroom. Talking about the issues in
the movies have created a platform for students to learn through constructivism
where they generate knowledge and meaning from the interaction between their
experiences and their ideas.
As part of the
requirements of the course Integrated Language Skills: Writing , students are
asked to prepare an oral commentary on a movie of their choice. Students watch
the movies outside class time and prepare an outline for the presentation,
after which they present that oral commentary individually.
References:
Noor HanimRahmat (2014a)Using Movies in the Writing
Classroom: A Case Study of Malaysian ESL Learners in Chapter 7 of Studies on the Teaching of Asian Languages in
the 21st Century edited by Ali Kucukler and HuseyinIcen .UK:Cambridge Scholars
Publishing ISBN (10): 1-4438-5574-X, ISBN (13):978-1-4438-5574-7
Noor HanimRahmat (2014b) Constructivism in the ESL Writing
Classroom: A Case for Collaborative Essay Writing .Journal of Creative
Practices in Language Learning and Teaching, Vol 2 (1) Retrieved from http://kedah.uitm.edu.my/CPLT/jurnal_vol2_num1_2014.html
Sample of Student Oral Commentary Outline:
Frozen -Prepared by KADER ADAM BIN KADER RIDZWAN
Mind Map
THE OUTLINE
i.
Introduction
Frozen, a story about sisters Elsa and Anna from Arendelle. Elsa
was blessed with the ability to control ice as a child, a beautiful but
dangerous gift. After a horrible accident on her sister Anna, she began to shut
herself away from her sister and her kingdom in order to protect those she
loved. Years went
by, the girls grew up and their parents died from a ship wreck.. The gates of
the palace finally reopened for Elsa’s coronation as the new queen of Arendelle. As the story continued, Kristoff a young ice cutter
character was introduced. The question is, who
shows the most love and sacrifice in this story between these three characters?
ii.
Body
A)
Princess
Elsa shows her love and sacrifice when she quarantined
herself and offered her advice to Anna.
1. Quarantined
herself
a)
sacrifices her own happiness by quarantine herself in her
room in order to keep Anna safe from her powers.
b) Anna will be protected from her powers and the
horrible incident that happened in the past will not happen again.
2. Advices Anna.
a)
Elsa shows his love towards Anna when Elsa objects to Anna and Prince
Hans planned engagement.
b)
Elsa tells Anna that she cannot marry a person that she have just met that day.
B)
Princess
Anna shows
her love and sacrifice when she searched for Elsa and
risked her life for Elsa.
1.
Search
Elsa
a)
Elsa flees to the mountain when her gift is discovered and
Anna teams up with Kristoff and his reindeer Sven and with the snowman Olaf to
seek out Elsa.
b)
Anna faces lots of challenges through the journey to find
Elsa.
2.
Risk Her Life
a)
Anna risked her life when Anna sees Hans with the intention of killing Elsa and runs
over to save her.
b)
Elsa’s life was saved by her sister from Hans.
C)
Kristoff
the ice cutter shows
his love and sacrifice when he searched Elsa and
rescued Anna from death.
1.
Search Elsa
a) Kristoff
sympathy towards Anna and agreed to help Anna find Elsa at the North Mountain.
b) Along the
journey when he and Anna seek out for Elsa, both of them go through and faces
lots of challenges which is being chased by snow wolves, Kristoff new sled
crushed and facing a huge snow monster.
c) Although
he had to faced all of this, he still continues helping Anna seek out for her
sister.
2. Rescue Anna
a)
Elsa accidentally and
unknowingly hits her sister Anna with ice in the heart, Kristoff quickly takes Anna to the trolls to save her
from dying.
b)
The Grand
Pabbie tells that only an act of true love can thaw a frozen heart. Kristoff
fast act had safe Anna’s life from dying.
iii.
Conclusion
As a conclusion,
this three characters has shown their own sacrifices and love personality to
the loved ones. Princess Elsa willing to quarantine herself and advice Anna in
order to keep the outside world and her sister Anna safe from her icy powers.
Princess Anna willing to seek out and risk her life for Elsa in order to make
everything’s right because she had pushed Elsa and because of her Elsa’s gift
has been discovered by everyone. Kristoff willing to help Anna to search Elsa
at the North Mountain and rescue Anna from dying by bringing Elsa to the Grand
Pabbie.
NOTE: Powerpoint Slides to this Oral Commentary" Frozen by Kader Adam will be uploaded in :
https://uitm.academia.edu/NoorHanimRahmat, and look under the category of : Samples of Students' Work-Movies OP
