1.What do you think of the movie in term of entertainment value?'
Well, I would say that this movie is really fantastic and amazing to be watched for all watchers, not only for teenagers but also adults. This entertaining movie has included some entertainment values in order to make the audience feel enjoy and satisfied watching it. In this movie, it shows the message of determination and motivation within human will lead to success in life. It can be seen through the main character of the story, Akeelah who is really intelligent person participates in the spelling bee competition. At the beginning of story, she refuses to participate in that competition but after watching it in the television, her motivation towards participating in that competition becomes change all of a sudden. Due to her high determination and her commitment for it, she successfully becomes one of the top competitors in the national level. Besides, Akeelah is actually almost being disqualified from the competition because her mother stops her during the competition. Akeelah should be thankful to her friend, Javier as he is the one who saves her from disqualifying in the competition. This is the best scene of the story when Javier tries to delay his turn by slowing his body movement and repeating all the words said by the judges in order to waste the time for sake of Akeelah to ensure her would qualify to join the competition.
2. How does it affect you as you are taking B. Ed TESL course now?
It does sure affect me because what I have seen in this movie, truthfully, I need to improve my vocabulary words. As a teacher, I should be familiar with all words in English language because the best teacher must know in everything. I should act out as an expert teacher knowing all knowledge about the English. There are some words that I really do not familiar with, thus, I find those unfamiliar words in the dictionary in order to understand the meaning of the words.
3. How does it affect you if you relate the story in the movie to the teachers whom you know in the past?
Based on the movie, Akeelah’s teacher who called as Dr. Larabee does not really teach her much in spelling words but gives some motivation and guidance to her. He gives some techniques on how to spell the words in different ways and books to learn by herself without his help, but with others help. To be honest, if I were in her shoes, I would totally feel disappointed and give up for his action because he seems do not concern her about what she has done.
4. What kind of practical/theoretical lesson that you learned after viewing this movie?
The lesson that I have learned from this movie is students have their own ways to improve their learning. They realize that the way that they learn from teacher is totally different rather than learning independently. Teacher should encourage his or her students to learn more about what they want to do. Every teacher has own style, so students need a support from their teacher and teacher should be aware of it and take it as a serious matter. More importantly, teacher should help them when they are in trouble and tries to overcome their problem wisely and well.
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