Material Development Project Proposal
Name: Seonho Choi
Project Title: Problematic reality or perfect illusion?
1. Target learners
Grade high school sophomore
Language level high intermediate since they are students in English club who wants to
major English-related departments
School environment well-developed city
Learning style usually rote learning, but they are getting used to speaking activities and
watching clips recently
Educational background they are students of public high school, and most English classes they had
taken were about reading and grammar related to the K-SAT
Short-term needs they want to do some activities related to English that they can add to their
student record of this semester
Long-term needs they want some activities and experiences that would be helpful for
entering university departments related to English next year
2. Authentic source selection
Material the movie, Coraline(2009) [Link]
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Reason for When I first watched this movie, it was really impressive, especially visually, because
selection of the button eyes. I think that the impression can effectively attract students’ attention
to the material. It would not be boring since the story is somewhat lively, dynamic, and
thrilling. Besides, since it is an animation movie, the lines are not too long and the
vocabularies used are not too difficult, which makes them easier for students to
understand. Regarding the content of the material, I think we can discuss about the
problem that the main character confronted, which is choosing between the reality with
problems, and perfect but not real world. The topic is quite thoughtful, and it would be a
good subject to be on student records.
Plan to use show the clip of the movie to students, and implement activities such as thinking about
what would you do if you were Coraline, talking about what would you choose between
problematic reality and perfect illusion, and so on.
3. Course objectives
- Students will practice explaining their experiences in English, using past or past simple tense
- Students will be able to express their opinions in English, using the following expression:
- I think…
- In my opinion…
- Personally…
- As for me…
- Students will be able to use video clips or movies as a way, source, or material of learning English
4. Activity implementation
- Class
- CA class, 50 minutes, three sessions(150 minutes) at one time, every other week
- do this activity in one class time, which is 150 minutes except the break time
- Activities
Type of activity Things to do Time
First session 1) Readiness ask students to think about their personal experiences 15m
(50m) activities that they are not satisfied with their parents or that they
want to get away from reality because of problems they
are suffering
2) provide students an instruction, You are going to watch 5m
Experiential a movie clip about a girl named Coraline, who has to
activities choose between reality and dream-world. Imagine you
are the girl. As you watch the movie, try to be in her
shoes and think about what would you do if you were in
her situation.
watching the clip twice(first with explanation about the story, second let 5m
them just watch)
3) Intake make students summarize the movie and think about 25m
response what they felt by themselves
activities
Second 4) pair up students 5m
session Development ask students to think about and then talk about their 45m
(50m) activities feelings about the movie they watched in pair
make students share their experiences related to the
situations on the movie
Third session 5) Input give students more explanation about the movie story 5m
(50m) response (not the whole part to let students think and imagine)
activities ask students to think about their answers to the 15m
questions, What are the advantages and disadvantages
of choosing to live with ‘Other mother’ and ‘Other
father’? and What would you choose between the
problematic reality and perfect illusion?
make students talk and share their opinions with their 30m
partner using the following expressions:
I think… / In my opinion… / Personally… / As for
me…