Language Portfolio (year 10) – Listening 2

ESCOLA SECUNDÁRIA DE CARVALHOS

Language Portfolio My Dossier

Listening - 2

A World of Many Languages

We have been discussing the importance of the English language in the world today. In the film you are about to watch this is one of the themes; you will see how difficult communication becomes when there is no common language. Let’s practice English and have fun in class! Take down some notes about the film by completing the following questionnaire.

Film Title: _The Terminal____________________

Duration : +/- 120 minutes

Main Character – name: ______Viktor Navorski________

nationality: ___Krakozhia__________________

personality / characteristics: He is a very hardworking person. He is romantic and

very brave. He never quit of his objectives. He is a patriot.

Setting – where the story take place: _____John F. Kennedy International Airport_____

when the story happens: the story happens when a revolution had started in

Viktor’s country _______________________

Plot (story) – Why is he travelling? What happens? While he was going to the U.S., a revolution started

in Krakozhia. Due to the civil war, the United States don’t recognizes Krakozhia as a sovereign nation

and denies Viktor's entrance to the U.S. territory. He is unable to leave the airport, but he is also unable

to return to Krakozhia so Viktor had to live in the terminal.

Situations of difficulty in communication: The airport boss asked Viktor to interpret a

desperate Russian man with undocumented drugs for his sick father. Viktor claims it is "medicine

for goat," barring the drug from confiscation and resolving the crisis. In the film, Viktor had lots

of situations where he had problems in communication and some of them are very funny.

How does he try to survive? How does he fit in? How does he communicate? Viktor

collected money for food by retrieving vacant baggage trolleys for the 25-cent reward from the machine,

but the boss prevented him.

Comment / Observation: I loved this film because it’s very funny and creative.