Lassie

10th August 2018: There has been heavy rains and a major power fault. There was no power supply for about 36 hours. When it was finally restored, we quickly used the opportunity to screen a movie (Lassie, 2005) for the children, who were, otherwise busy with preparations for upcoming Independence Day celebrations.

The plot was explained beforehand - with necessary brief explanations in between. The purpose was to expose children to a different culture, a different spoken language and the excellent acting by a child- and other artists like Peter Dinklage ("the midget"). The story is set around the first world war and is based on an older novel of the same name (link). It is based on the love between a collie and a child. After the movie, student were asked about what they liked most and what they have learned from this movie. The English words, their usage, were shown and explained. On the whole, the organisers enjoyed the movie as much as the children did! Here is a youtube copy (In Russian).