The idea of studying arts and movies in this unit has made me realize on different ways of teaching different topics inside the classroom. This unit in particular was more flexible than the previous one, and, in my opinion, that helps a lot in terms of engaging students with the topic.
In my case, the fact that we could link history and movies (Goodbye Lenin - Schindler's List) was very interesting and helped me understand a little bit more about history; and I think that, if it worked with me, it can work with students at school. In addition to that, using photos is also a good way of teaching, as it is a more dynamic method and it is different from the common classes at school.
Language teaching was a little weak during this unit, however, I found ways of teaching language through new methods during this unit, as it is to make students read specific texts and make them choose the words that they consider as "specific words" used in the subject studied, in this case, terminology from movies and arts. Another task that I found interesting to do with students was the movie remake, because it conveys the four skills in its process of making the whole movie again. It is a very complete and complex project, but possible to do with students as well.
Relating everything that has been mentioned above with how this unit facilitated my learning, I may say that, as I'm a visual learner, it worked better for me the topic related to photography and movies, more than the part of reading everything. In my opinion, this unit was absolutely better than unit 1.
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