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Movie can be a good way to teach English. Movies can be used in five different areas of language teaching: teaching speaking and listening, teaching writing, teaching vocabulary, teaching grammar and teaching cultural aspects. When teaching oral skills, teaching speaking and listening skills, it is important to notice that textbooks usually focus on more formal language and do not focus on, small talk or conversational interaction. Movies, on the other hand, can be a good way to teach these skills needed in everyday speech since the language used for instance in contemporary movies can be rather up-to-date and can thus motivate the students. Moreover, movies can also rouse feelings and opinions and create discussion (Katchen 2003: 221-236). Thus, for example different types of group discussions or debates can be useful assignments when practicing oral communication.
When teaching writing, movies can provide new ideas and bring variety into the classroom. Since writing is a rather complex productive skill and several different aspects need to be taken in to account when teaching it, it can sometimes be challenging to make the pupils interested in it (Katchen 2003: 221-236). However, for instance a film review is an assignment type which interests probably most of the students. Thus, movies can be a great help when teaching writing.
When teaching writing, movies can provide new ideas and bring variety into the classroom. Since writing is a rather complex productive skill and several different aspects need to be taken in to account when teaching it, it can sometimes be challenging to make the pupils interested in it (Katchen 2003: 221-236). However, for instance a film review is an assignment type which interests probably most of the students. Thus, movies can be a great help when teaching writing.
Movies can be also a useful tool when teaching vocabulary. If the goal of the teaching is to provide the students with communicative competence, it is good that they hear contemporary language and more informal discussion as well. This makes it possible for them to pick up for instance phrases or expressions that they could actually use in an English-speaking environment. Of course this depends on the chosen film and its style, but usually films with themes that are closer to the young people’s own lives also interest them and can motivate them to study. In that case also the language is usually rather close to the speech of young people. Additionally, words are learned for both active use (i.e. recall and production) and passive use (i.e. recognition and comprehension) and usually the rich language used in 9 movies provides examples of both of these types (Celce-Murcia and Rosensweig 1979: 241-257). Moreover, movies can be a good way of teaching vocabulary related to a certain theme.
Grammar teaching can take advantage of movies. Since students may have different opinions about learning grammar, it can sometimes be very challenging for the teacher to find a way of teaching grammar that would motivate as many students as possible. There are several different methods of teaching grammar but still it can be rather difficult for some students. However, using audiovisual methods can be motivating and make the teaching more efficient (Van Abbé 1965: 11). A scene of a movie can be used for instance as an introduction to a new grammar theme or as an example of a certain grammar structure. Since grammar can be taught in numerous different ways, also using versatile materials is useful. Thus, using films to teach grammar is also worth trying. Moreover, grammar assignments based on a film could be for example gap-fill exercise, an introduction to new grammar topic, a revision of already learned grammar topic or coming up with a grammar rule based on a scene of the film.
Movie can also be a good source to learn English-speaking cultures. Movies provide an authentic an interesting way of doing this and usually movies make it easier for the students to relate to different cultures. Moreover, a second language learner’s view and understanding of another culture is affected by his or her world view, beliefs, assumptions and presuppositions. These can, on the other hand, be affected by authentic movies (Hinkel 1999: 6). Films can work for instance as a springboard for discussion or as an introduction to a new culture.
Below is the mind map of the way movie is used to teach English;
REFERENCES
Celce-Murcia, M. and Rosensweig F. 1979. Teaching vocabulary in the ESL classroom in Celce-Murcia, M. and McIntosh, L. (eds.) Teaching English as a second or foreign language. Rowley: Newbury house publishers.
Hinkel, E. 1999. Culture in Second language Teaching and Learning. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Katchen, J.E. 2003. Teaching a Listening and Speaking Course with DVD Films: Can It Be Done? In H. C. Liou, J. E. Katchen, and H. Wang (Eds.), Lingua Tsing Hua. Taipei: Crane, 221-236 [online] (15 Jan 2011) http://mx.nthu.edu.tw/~katchen/professional/festschrift.htm
Katchen, J.E. 2003. Teaching a Listening and Speaking Course with DVD Films: Can It Be Done? In H. C. Liou, J. E. Katchen, and H. Wang (Eds.), Lingua Tsing Hua. Taipei: Crane, 221-236 [online] (15 Jan 2011) http://mx.nthu.edu.tw/~katchen/professional/festschrift.htm Krashen, S.D. 1982. Principles and practice in second language acquisition. Oxford: Pergamon.
Van Abbé, D. 1965. Audio-lingual methods in modern language teaching in Dutton, B. (ed.) Guide to modern language teaching methods. London: Camelot Press.
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