English SBA--Presentation and Group Interaction Skills

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Improve your SBA presentation and group interaction skills

This English Campus website will help you be more confident while talking about English films and TV programmes. It helps students for School-based Assessment. You will see students from Shung Tak Catholic English College give natural and unscripted presentations & group interactions. You will also see the students act common mistakes.

Episode 3 features individual presentations. Episodes 4, 5 and 6 feature group interactions. Each episode has useful tips for SBA. Before you watch, check out

Acknowledgement:	Shung Tak Catholic English College We are indebted to the students for their performance and Ms Sonia Yiu & Ms Brenda Lee of the English Panel for their support.
	HKEAA Ms Christina Lee, Senior Subject Officer (HKEAA) and Ms Daisy Moh, a member of the CDC-HKEAA Committee on English Language (Senior Secondary) for their advice and support.
	Graham Young English Campus consultant, for coaching the students and writing the materials.

Yahoo! Movies
You can see information about the latest films here. Click on 'Trailers & clips', to see introductions and short scenes from hundreds of films.

IMDb.com
This website has information about nearly every film, actor, actress and director you can think of. Write the film's name in the top left-hand box and you will see a film summary and links to all the actors & actresses in the film.

Youth Speak
This English Campus project teaches you a lot of the language used in Hollywood films, such as 'awesome', 'neat' and 'cool'. There are short videos for you to meet John, Gal Pal, Naz and all their friends.

English Campus Film info site
English Campus is building up information on popular English movies. Many of them are on the SBA list of recommended films, such as Harry Potter. You can read summaries and part of the script, do crosswords and find out about the main characters.

Newsround
This BBC website is for teenagers like you. You can get film news and listen to interviews with stars. It also includes British TV shows which you may not know.

Google
Type the name of the film you are watching and this search engine will give you hundreds of links to it. Type '(film name) official site' to go to the main website.

TV.com
You can find out about every American TV show here. There are photos, information about the main characters and summaries of each episode. Click on the A-Z index to find your favourite show.

Script-o-rama
You can see the script for most popular films here. Click on the car on the main page. Choose from 'Film scripts' or 'TV scripts' and download the whole script from your favourite film or show.

Discovery Channel

National Geographic
Type the name of the film you are watching and this search engine will give you hundreds of links to it. Type '(film name) official site' to go to the main website.

Biography.com

BBC (click on A-Z Index)
Many documentaries are made by these four channels. You can search for documentaries you have watched and find out about the latest programmes.

Giving presentations
The man on the main page looks a little scary but this website has lots of good advice on giving presentations, including structure, pronunciation and using note cards.

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1. What did you like about the film?

2. What didn't you like about the film?

3. Which part of the film did you like?

4. Which part of the film was not believable?

5. What was your favourite scene? Why?

6. Which character did you like? Why?

7. Can you tell us more about the film you watched?

8. Can you tell us what happened in the end?

9. Can you tell us about the main characters?

10. Why did the character?(do something)?

11. If you were (a character), would you (do the same thing as the character)?

12. Have you seen this film?

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	Useful Question	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1.	action film	movie with lots of exciting scenes	動作片	'Spiderman' is my favourite action film because it also has a good plot.
2.	actor (male) / actress (female)	a person who stars in a film or TV series	演員	The actress in 'The Princess Diaries' is famous now but not the actors.
3.	bad guy	enemy in a film	反派	The bad guys in James Bond films always die at the end.
4.	believable	you think it could happen, opposite = unbelievable	使人信服	'Freaky Friday' was funny but not believable.
5.	cartoon	a film made from drawings or computer images	卡通	My favourite cartoons are 'The Incredibles' and 'The Simpsons'.
6.	cast	actors and actresses in a film or TV series	陣容	'Without a Trace' has a great cast. They can all act well.
7.	character	a person in a film	角色	Tom Hanks usually plays a good character in films.
8.	comedy	funny film or TV series	喜劇	After exams, I like to watch Stephen Chau comedies to relax.
9.	documentary	a film or TV programme about real life	紀錄片	Did you see that documentary about snakes last night?
10.	dialogue	what actors say in a film or TV series	對白	There wasn't much dialogue in 'Terminator'.
11.	director	the person who makes a film	導演	The director of 'Titanic', James Cameron, has never made another film.
12.	ending	the last part of a film	結局	The ending of 'Lord of the Rings' was really touching. I nearly cried!
13.	episode	one programme in a TV series	一集(電視節目)	Was that the last episode of ER? When will the new series be shown?
14.	flashback	character remembers a past event	回憶片段	The director uses a lot of flashbacks in 'Lost' to tell about the characters' past lives.
15.	hero (male) / heroine (female)	the main character in a film or TV series, a 'good guy'	英雄	I like 'The Princess Diaries' because it has a heroine. Most films only have heroes.
16.	love story	romantic film	愛情故事	Titanic is really a love story set during a tragic event.
17.	Oscar	Academy award, most important prize for a film	奧斯卡	'Million Dollar Baby' won Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress Oscars in 2005.
18.	plot	storyline in a film	劇情	There wasn't much plot in 'X-Men 2', just lots of fighting.
19.	scene	a part of a story, usually set in the same place	場景	What was your favourite scene? I liked the scene in the restaurant.
20.	science fiction	film or story set in the future.	科幻小說	Do you like science fiction films? I think they have too much fighting.
21.	sequel	the second film, e.g. Spiderman II	續集	I hope they make a sequel to 'The Incredibles'.
22.	series	a TV drama with the same characters	連續劇	Smallville is the best series about Superman and CSI is my favourite series about crime.
23.	setting / set in	place and time a film or TV drama takes place	時代背景	Spiderman is set in modern day New York. It’s a great setting.
24.	soundtrack	the music played during a film	配樂	The soundtracks for the Harry Potter films are all excellent. I have the CDs.
25.	special effects	added to films to make them more exciting, cannot to filmed naturally	特技效果	They couldn't make the fighting scenes in 'Lord of the Rings' without special effects.
26.	twist	surprising event in a story	曲折	'The Sixth Sense' has a great twist at the end.

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