How to run a movie club in an ESL school.

[Fateme Bayatlou]

We're gonna start a movie club in our school and that's the project I should work on. I'd appreciate if you share your precious experiences about this club and help me to figure it out.
This is the base guideline I've made for it. But nothing is more valuable than experienced ideas.
But I can not make it in a, way that I can defend in the meeting. There's something I don't know but I wanna know. I can't figure it out.

## 1. BUILD BACKGROUND (Context & Preview)

### BEFORE (Get Ready!)

* Look at the poster/trailer.
* Predict the story.
* Discuss the title, genre, and setting.
* Learn key vocabulary.

**Example:**
*What do you think this movie will be about?*

### DURING (Watch & Understand!)

* Listen for main ideas.
* Notice words and phrases in context.
* Understand the setting and characters.

**Example:**
*What is happening in this scene?*

### AFTER (Reflect & Share!)

* Retell the story in your own words.
* Discuss the theme or message.
* Connect the movie to real life.

**Example:**
*What was the main message of the movie?*

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## 2. VOCABULARY FOCUS (Words in Use)

### BEFORE

* Learn important vocabulary from the movie.
* Match words with meanings.
* Use words in sentences.

**Example:**
*Use the word “brave” in a sentence.*

### DURING

* Listen for target vocabulary.
* Notice how words are used in context.
* Guess meaning from clues.

**Example:**
*What does “courage” mean in this scene?*

### AFTER

* Review and practice new vocabulary.
* Play word games or quizzes.
* Create a vocabulary list from the movie.

**Example:**
*Which new words were useful or interesting?*

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## 3. LISTENING SKILLS (Understand English)

### BEFORE

* Listen to a short clip.
* Predict what you will hear.
* Discuss possible dialogue or sounds.

**Example:**
*What do you think they will say?*

### DURING

* Listen for specific information.
* Complete listening tasks (checklist/gap-fill).
* Follow the story.

**Example:**
*Listen for the answer to the question.*

### AFTER

* Answer comprehension questions.
* Summarize what you heard.
* Share your opinion.

**Example:**
*What was your favorite part? Why?*

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## 4. SPEAKING & INTERACTION (Talk & Share)

### BEFORE

* Discuss in pairs or groups.
* Share predictions.
* Talk about the characters or genre.

**Example:**
*Who is your favorite character? Why?*

### DURING

* Discuss key moments in small groups (pause & talk).
* Share your thoughts while watching.

**Example:**
*What do you think will happen next?*

### AFTER

* Group discussion.
* Role-play a scene.
* Give your review or recommendation.

**Example:**
*Would you recommend this movie? Why or why not?*

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## 5. WRITING & CREATIVITY (Express Ideas)

### BEFORE

* Write predictions.
* Make a storyboard.
* Create questions for the movie.

**Example:**
*Write 3 questions you want answered.*

### DURING

* Take notes on key events or new words.
* Fill in a graphic organizer.

**Example:**
*Note the main events of the story.*

### AFTER

* Write a short review.
* Write a different ending.
* Draw or create a poster about the movie.

**Example:**
*Write a review and give the movie a rating.*

 

[emsr2d2]

We're gonna going to start a movie club in our school and that's the project I should need to work on.

Note my corrections above. Please don't use textspeak/chatlish on the forum. There's no such word as "gonna" and I hope you're not teaching your students to use it.

I'd appreciate it if you would share your precious (did you mean "previous"?) experiences about with this a movie club and help me to figure it out.

Note my corrections and comment above. We can't share our experience with "this club" because you haven't even started it yet.

This is the base basic guideline I've made for it no full stop here but nothing is more valuable than experienced ideas that come from experience.

Note my corrections above. Don't start a sentence with "but".

But However, I cannot make design/structure it in a no comma here way that I can defend in the meeting.

Note my changes above. What meeting? You haven't mentioned a meeting up to this point. Using the definite article suggests that the reader/listener already knows what meeting you're talking about. We don't.

There's something I don't know but I wanna want to know. I can't figure it out.

Again, please use grammatical English on the forum. Learners here will see that you're an English teacher and will assume that everything you write is correct.
You haven't explained what it is that you don't know!