Video clip: Dead Poets Society

Clip one

1.         What is the meaning of carpe diem ?
2.         Is Mr Keating’s style of teaching unusual ? give 2 examples.
3.         What does ‘fertilizing daffodils’ mean ?
4.         Why does Mr Keating ask them to refer to him as “o captain my captain”?

Answer: 

1.        Seize the day
2.        Unusual. he just comes and out from the class without saying anything. He ask the students to listen to the picture.
3.        
4.     .   He wants to lead them to see the world in a wide perspective.

Clip two

1.        What is poetry, according to Mr Keating?
2.        Is literature relevant? How?
3.        What is the purpose of education?

 Answer:

1.        Beauty, romance, love
2.         
3.        To makes people enjoy their life

ACCENT

1. Find the video clip and search/detect the accent used.

    - I took a scene from a movie, "You Got Served 2". They use brazillian accent.

2. Is it easy to understand? Why?

  - Not really, but I still can understand what they say.

3. Your own accent?

  - Malaysian accent.