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2014/02/17

Let's Go to the Oscar 2014! If not in the flesh, at least here on the blog!


Hello, everyone.
The Oscar Ceremony is near, on March 2nd . So, I invite you all - students and ex-ones, movie buffs or not - to post your comments on the following  and other categories, having in mind some questions posted below:


Best Picture

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Gravity
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Her

Best Actor in a Leading RoleChristian Bale
American Hustle
 
Chiwetel Ejiofor
 12 Years a Slave
 
Bruce Dern
Nebraska
 
Matthew McConaughey
Dallas Buyers Club
 
Leonardo DiCaprio
The Wolf of Wall Street
 
 
Best Actress in a Leading Role:
Amy Adams
American Hustle
 
Judi Dench
Philomena 
 
Cate Blanchett
Blue Jasmine


Meryl Streep
August: Osage County
 
Sandra Bullock
Gravity
 


For more information, please go to: OSCAR official site

The other categories are: Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Animated Feature Filme, Cinematography, Costume Design, Directing, Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), etc.

Watch this movie for the nominees anouncement:

These are the questions proposed: 


1) Have you seen all the films? Which ones have you seen? Which one should win? Why?

2)Which actor/actress should get the statuette for leading and supporting roles?Why?

 

Similar to last year,  I propose a different participation - through the audio activity VOXOPOP. This is a valuable voice tool that can help you boost your speaking skills and also integrates the participants. See below how it works:




2)  Go to Voxopop of 2013 on the Oscar to see how the students participated. In order to participate in this talkgroup: The talkgroup Oscar Nominees 2014, you'll have to  Sign up to VOXOPOP to create a login and password.


3) Oscar Nominees 2014 voicethread You just click on the RECORD A MESSAGE button and post your opinion after mine. Give it a try, ok?  

Hope you enjoy this new activity! Count on your participation!
Flávia