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REVERSIBLE ERRORS

A corporate lawyer’s interest in a decade-old murder case is piqued by a new confession that could clear the convicted killer, who sits on death row.

What did you learn from this murder mystery?

LEARN TO SWIM

LEARN TO SWIM

Throw a baby in the water. Watch them struggle to get to the surface. Watch them struggle to stay on the surface. Watch them figure out how to stay on the surface without struggling. No baby drowns.  That is how we teach a baby to swim in the west.

You [...]

EAT A BOWL OF TEA

This movie is about pressure and motivation.

A study in culture bridging, including … a new US-born husband, trying to work within the traditional ways, a new China-born wife, eager to join the “dream” of America, two family-minded fathers, lots of gender-related social bifurcations.

What did you learn from this movie?

HOTEL RWANDA

Black on Black violence in Africa

What did you learn from this love story?

WAR OF ROSES

This movie is about lust, marriage and divorce.

The Roses, Barbara and Oliver, live happily as a married couple. Then she starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver, and likes what she sees. Both want to stay in the house, and so they begin a campaign to force each other to leave. [...]

COACH CARTER

This movie is about accepting responsibility for your own education and not blaming your school, school leaders, teachers, environment or parents for your own faults.

COACH CARTER tells the inspiring true story of controversial high school basketball coach making headlines for his emphasis on the importance of academics over athletics

What did you learn from [...]

GUNG HO

This movie is about cross-cultural relationships.

Western conflicts with Japanese culture. When a Japanese car company buys an American plant, the American liaison must mediate the clash of work attitudes between the foreign management and native labor.

What did you learn from this movie?

WORKING GIRL

This movie is about Intellectual property Protection.

What did you learn from this movie?

STUDENTS’ LACK OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AWARENESS

Martin Wolff

Sun Yat-sen University

INTRODUCTION

Intellectual Property Protection remains a hot topic in China. The west applies constant pressure on China for more enforcement and China responds with increased enrollment in [...]

THE TERMINAL

The Hollywood movie “The Terminal” is an interesting story that unintentionally demonstrates the principles of 2nd language acquisition. When surrounded with an English environment, you absorb the language from your environment. You listen to more English, read more English, write more English and speak more English.

Chinese students studying English in China are surrounded with [...]

IRON AND SILK

Watch the movie Iron and Silk on the SYSU intranet.

China is always changing but China never changes.

Front Stage culture changes rapidly.  Back Stage cultures changes at a snail’s pace.

Identify the changes in TEFL since Mark Salzman taught in China and identify those things that have not changed.

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