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Movies & TV in the classroom
L.Witmerwith A Fowles, T Knight & M Steele
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Discussion questions
Describe the last time you used a movie inteaching:
What movie was it?
What level were the students?
What activity/activities did you use?
What are the advantages & disadvantages ofsubtitles at different levels?
What do we do when watching TV & moviesin real life? Should students do the same?
What makes a good activity?
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Ideas for movies according tostudent levels
Beginners(From www.teflasia.com/articles/Teacher-Talk/Using-Movies-in-the-Classroom.html)
Older films: Stagecoach, Groundhog Day, Forrest Gump,Witness
Films with physical humour: Freaky Friday, Nine to Five,The Truman Show, 50 First Dates, cartoons (Shrek, FindingNemo)
Intermediate Students Austin Powers
The Simpsons Spanglish
October Sky
Advanced Students The skys the limit!
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Goals (general listening)
Listening comprehension (overall, specificfeatures)
Noticing language features (good for moreadvanced structures e.g., discourse markers,topic shift, communication strategies, etc)
Colloquial vocabulary, grammar
Pronunciation features (e.g., accents, stress,
intonation)
Test preparation
Sociocultural rules, speech acts
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Other potential goals
Warmer (predicting) Grammar (tenses, sequencing)
Pronunciation
Speaking / Fluency (summarizing)
Writing
Reading (subtitles or movies based onbooks)
Vocabulary extension
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Film warmers
Favourite film survey Famous film lines
Film ID cards
Film posters
Film trivia quiz
Oscar ceremony Match the titles
From Film b Stem leski & Tomalin OUP 2001
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Techniques
Silent viewing Purpose:
Summarizing Sequencing
Reported speech Description
Film / TV show: Pirates of the Caribbean
Student level: Pre-Int / Int + Other considerations:
Should be a scene where a lot is happening Dont ask all students to read their result
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Techniques
No picture Purpose:
Lead-in
Description (written or spoken)
Predictions
Opinions
Film / TV show: Boat scene in Finding Nemo
Student level:
Pre-Int / Int + Other considerations:
Lots of dialogue required
Best if theres a discrepancy between what you see & hear
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Techniques
Jigsaw viewing Purpose:
Provides authenticity to previous 2 tasks
Film / TV show:Any of the above
Student level:
As above
Other considerations:
Lots of dialogue, lots of action
Best if theres a discrepancy between what you
see & hear
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Techniques
Viewing on rewind Purpose:
Sequencing
Narrative tenses Film / TV show:
Mary Poppins
Student level:
Int +
Other considerations:
Can be a longer segment, but things must not
happen too quickly
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Techniques
Freeze frame Purpose:
Prediction
Description Film / TV show:
Bruce Almighty
Student level: Pre-Int +
Other considerations: Less well-known films/shows?
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Techniques
Note down familiar & new words Purpose:
Link between spoken & written/spelling Recognition of specific words
Confidence-buildingVocab building
Film / TV show: Cartoons
Student level: Beg Pre-Int. Other considerations:
Good for weaning students off subtitlesVisual needs to clarify spoken
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Techniques
Famous quotes Purpose:
Confidence-building
Chunks comprehension & grammar
Kinesthetic
Film / TV show: Pirates of the Caribbean
Student level: Beg Pre-Int.
Other considerations: Good for weaning students off subtitles
Can be a pre-viewing task for higher levels
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Techniques
Vocab lists Purpose:
Vocab recognition
Comprehension from context
Film / TV show: The Full Monty
Student level:Any
Other considerations: Good for weaning students off subtitles
Visual needs to clarify for lower-level students
Select vocab according to learners levels
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Techniques
Complete the timeline Purpose:
Overall comprehension
Summarising
Sequencing
Film / TV show:
Notting Hill(scene where Julia Roberts enters the
bookshop the 1st time) Student level:
Elem Int
Other considerations:From Film b Stem leski & Tomalin OUP 2001
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Techniques
Hidden meanings subtext Purpose:
Higher-level thinking
Giving opinions
Agreeing & disagreeing Modals
Film / TV show: Frasier, The Simpsons
Student level: Int +
Other considerations:
Use a clip where strong emotions are shownFrom Film b Stem leski & Tomalin OUP 2001
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Techniques
Images & sounds Purpose:
Discussing feelings
Description
Film / TV show: Philadelphia(scene in store)
Do the Right Thing(scene where violence erupts)
Student level: Elem +
Other considerations: Scene should provoke strong reactions from
students controversial scenes are best
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Techniques
Role-playing great scenes Purpose:
Pronunciation (especially intonation, stress,rhythm, etc)
Film / TV show: Final scene ofGone with the Wind
Final showdown between Luke Skywalker &Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back
Student level: Elem +
Other considerations: Famous, well-known scenes
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Techniques
Voice-overs Purpose:
Speaking & pronunciation (intonation, rhythm)
Written representations of speech
Film / TV show:
The Simpsons First Christmas
Student level:
Int +
Other considerations:
Choose an ambiguous scene, or results will beidentical
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Techniques
Sound dub Purpose:
Translation
Speaking & pronunciation (intonation, rhythm)
Written representations of speech
Film / TV show:Any from students country ~ student choice?
Student level:Adv
Other considerations: Check students access to English subtitles
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Techniques
Movie Reviews Purpose:
Reading Speaking & pronunciation (intonation, rhythm)
Written representations of speech Film / TV show:
Hitch Liar, Liar
Student level: Upp-Int + Other considerations:
Should be a movie most/all students are familiarwith and dislike (at least 1 scene)
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Techniques
Book to film / Original vs. remake Purpose:
Reading
Description
Comparisons & contrasts
Opinion
Film / TV show: Bridget Jones Diary
Pride & Prejudice
See photocopy Student level:
Pre-Int +
Other considerations: Consider graded readers
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Techniques
From subtitles/captions to pictures Purpose:
Reading Listening (Translation for classes with a shared L1)
Opinion Film / TV show:
Casablanca The Cider House Rules See photocopy
Student level: Elem +
Other considerations: Level depends on which language the discussion takes
place in
Good early in a course to teach learners how toFrom Film b Stem leski & Tomalin OUP 2001
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Techniques
Character posters Purpose:
Description
Narrative tenses & 1st
conditional Film / TV show:
The Wizard of Oz
Student level: Elem +
Other considerations: Especially good for low-level students
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Specific examples
Full MontyActivities: define British slang & correct bad
grammar according to context Length: full movie
Bruce AlmightyActivity: explain quotes & colloquial vocab
according to context Length: trailer
Pirates of the CaribbeanActivities: order quotes, answer questions
(description of visual), explain vocab according tocontext
Length: short clip (Orlando frees Depp, stopwhen they escape with The Interceptor)
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Specific examples
Chicken RunActivities: watch for literal interpretations of
chicken idioms during movie; research figurativemeanings as HW
Length: whole movie
Mr Bean at the Swimming PoolActivity: jigsaw for fluency, alternate every 20-30
seconds Length: whole movie
The NotebookActivity: answer past continuous / past simple
questions from observation Length: whole movie Other: 20 minutes a day for a week
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Specific examples(www.OneStopEnglish.com)
High Fidelity (video lesson idea 1)Activities: students answer gist questions;
students predict language used in the argument;students write the script for the scene; studentslip-sync the scene next to the TV; class Oscars
Length: record shop argument scene
As Good As It Gets (video lesson idea 2)Activities: students answer questions while
watching; 1 group notes down Melvins keyphrases & 1 group concentrates on Carols; pairswith 1 student from each group re-enact scene
Length: restaurant scene where Carol confrontsMelvin
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Specific examples(www.OneStopEnglish.com)
Pearl Harbour (video lesson idea 3)Activities: jigsaw (one student only watches; the
other only listens); students reconstruct events;students role-play an interview
Length: invasion scene Other: be careful about students sensitive to
violent war scenes and/or Japanese students
Bridget Joness Diary (video lesson idea 5)
Activities: answer questions about the fight, thenwrite a journalistic article reporting whathappened
Length: fight scene near end
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Specific examples
Blood DiamondActivities: students complete WS on sentence
stress, then underline the words that arestressed in the movie & compare
Length: scene in prison; scene when Solomonreturns to where the diamond is buried
Other: be careful about students sensitive toviolent war scenes
HitchActivities: alternative titles; assign quotes to
speakers; opinions about quotes
Length: whole movie (especially the beginning)
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Specific examples
Four Weddings and a FuneralActivities:
Length: whole movie
The Princess BrideActivities: students fill-in-the-blanks
Length: wedding scene
Shakespeare in LoveActivities: students find meaning of old-
fashioned vocab from context
Length: whole movie (with subtitles)
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Specific examples
Liar Liar!Activities: CAE-type listening activities
(dictation with transformation; explaining
colloquial expressions; choose the correctanswer)
Length: First 30 minutes (approximately)
Good Will Hunting
Activities: students answer questions
Length: Whole movie
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Specific examples
Celebrity JeopardyActivities: students answer a variety of
questions in pairs
Length: Entire clip
HouseActivities: students explain underlined
words in the context of quotes; students
note down symptoms & then provide theirown diagnoses, then compare with House& his colleagues diagnoses
Length: Whole episode
S ifi l
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Specific examples
The Simpsons Christmas Special(season 1)Activities: students discuss Christmas
traditions around the world; then students
match up colloquial expressions with theirspeech act meanings
Length: scene from 8:14-9:20
Kitchen NightmaresActivities: students complete a series of
FCE-type questions on 3 scenes
Length: Whole episode
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Helpful resources
YouTube (www.youtube.com): trailers,celebrity interviews, TV episodes
Internet Movie Database
(www.imdb.org): quotes; moviescripts; information on movies, TVshows & actors; pictures
English Trailers (http://www.english-trailers.com/index.php) for self-accessor use in class
http://www.youtube.com/http://www.imdb.org/http://www.english-trailers.com/index.phphttp://www.english-trailers.com/index.phphttp://www.english-trailers.com/index.phphttp://www.english-trailers.com/index.phphttp://www.english-trailers.com/index.phphttp://www.imdb.org/http://www.youtube.com/ -
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Tips
Generate interest Make it as close to real life as possible
Make sure they know the purpose
Choose the movie/series carefully
Make sure it is appropriate for theirlevel
Use one technique at a time
Never feel you have to show the wholemovie or episode