My Big Fat Greek Wedding
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
DVD in English with English, French, Spanish and Greek subtitles.
A complete English lesson plan for My Big Fat Greek Wedding — ready to open and teach.
Toula Portokalos comes from a loud, opinionated, deeply proud Greek family. She falls in love with a quiet non-Greek man. What follows is comedy, but it is comedy that takes culture seriously. Every joke in this film is also an anthropology lesson in disguise.
Good films have natural moments — a powerful scene, a cultural encounter, a shift in the story — where the language and meaning come together. This plan identifies those moments in My Big Fat Greek Wedding and builds a lesson around each one. For every scene, you get vocabulary and cultural notes, comprehension activities, and communicative tasks your students can work through in class or independently. A pre-film warm-up gets them ready before the first screening.
Everything is included: the teacher's guide, student worksheets in English, and an answer key.
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📅 Teach it when it counts
- Cultural diversity / heritage units — Toula's family insists that every human problem was solved by the Greeks. The comedy is affectionate but the cross-cultural tension is genuine and teachable.
- Wedding season / family traditions (spring and summer) — The film's Greek Orthodox wedding is a master class in cultural ritual — an ideal anchor for comparative culture discussions.
Language: English | Director: Joel Zwick | Year: 2002
Level: Novice | Format: Downloadable PDF — instant delivery
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Director: Joel Zwick
Cast: John Corbett, Nia Vardalos
Audio: DVD in English with English, French, Spanish and Greek subtitles.
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