Movie Titles Lesson Plan

Goals: To show that direct translation doesn’t work.. Go from Japanese to English

Materials:

• Worksheet of Movie Titles
• Pictures of the Movies (Optional)

Preparation:

Don’t really need to do anything other than print and bring the worksheet (1 per student).

Procedure:

1. If you want to warm up the class you can tell them the names of some Ghibli movies (See below) in English and see if they can guess the name in Japanese. (Maybe do Wasei-Warmup if you get the chance)
2. Hand out the worksheets. Have students go over it and talk with the people around them if they please.
3. Correct the answers.

Recurrent Events:

Going over Wasei Eigo.

(New)Vocabulary:

Homework:

Look up the names of your favorite movies in English and share them with class next time.

Evaluation:

None to speak of.

Notes:

This activity is fairly difficult and it’s hard to pull off without groups. Here’s a few titles to help quiz the students at the beginning of class.