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Chris Kwon
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 Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:04 am Post subject: Using Movies to teach |
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I have yet to use this method and was hoping for some of your advice.
What movies have you used and what techniques have you used for using movies to help your student(s) learn English? |
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driftingfocus
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Location: Boston, MA
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:54 am Post subject: Re: Using Movies to teach |
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| Chris Kwon wrote: |
I have yet to use this method and was hoping for some of your advice.
What movies have you used and what techniques have you used for using movies to help your student(s) learn English? |
What is the level of your students? |
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ddeubel
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crusher_of_heads
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Location: kimbop and kimchi for kimberly!!!!
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Dave Deubel is TomPatz's sock!!!!
We don't agree much on politics, and I'm a bit tougher discipline wise in the classroom, but I appreciate your contributions, Dave. |
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faustkampf
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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I teach at Bridge Linguatec in Denver, Colorado, and we use movies regularly for our intermediate and advanced students.
Best way is to play short segments, 5 min at most, ask them what they saw, remembered, etc. Then go back and listen and repeat. Repeat exactly if it's short, in other words if it's long. Make them describe what they're seeing. For difficult dialog or situations, que them in to what'll happen and ask questions like, "What will she say when the man calls on the phone..." type of thing. After the whole segment is watched once, ask comprehension questions again. Then watch a third time. Ask again what they saw, etc. Pull out a few useful bits of grammar and vocab and have them use it in small groups or make sentences for a few minutes to test comp and make them use it. Go on to the next segment after they've given a 30 second review of what happened before.
Always remember, movies are just another way to learn and should be used as educational material, not as a time to turn down the lights and chill out after lunch...  |
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agoodmouse
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Location: Anyang
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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| faustkampf wrote: |
I teach at Bridge Linguatec in Denver, Colorado, and we use movies regularly for our intermediate and advanced students.
Best way is to play short segments, 5 min at most, ask them what they saw, remembered, etc. Then go back and listen and repeat. Repeat exactly if it's short, in other words if it's long. Make them describe what they're seeing. For difficult dialog or situations, que them in to what'll happen and ask questions like, "What will she say when the man calls on the phone..." type of thing. After the whole segment is watched once, ask comprehension questions again. Then watch a third time. Ask again what they saw, etc. Pull out a few useful bits of grammar and vocab and have them use it in small groups or make sentences for a few minutes to test comp and make them use it. Go on to the next segment after they've given a 30 second review of what happened before.
Always remember, movies are just another way to learn and should be used as educational material, not as a time to turn down the lights and chill out after lunch... |
This is exactly what every teacher should do. I couldn't have said it better. You hit on all the important points. Short breathable segments that don't overwhelm students, with a task at hand. Feedback, answer checking, student talk time, prediction, eliciting grammar, and creation of new sentences using target grammar. |
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Chris Kwon
Joined: 23 Jan 2008
Location: North Korea
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:02 pm Post subject: Re: Using Movies to teach |
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| driftingfocus wrote: |
| Chris Kwon wrote: |
I have yet to use this method and was hoping for some of your advice.
What movies have you used and what techniques have you used for using movies to help your student(s) learn English? |
What is the level of your students? |
Three doctors, all probably above intermediate, but not TOO advanced. Should I say semi-advanced?
I'm still reading everyone else's reply right now, thanks in advance. |
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patongpanda
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ddeubel
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Dave Deubel is TomPatz's sock!!!!
We don't agree much on politics, and I'm a bit tougher discipline wise in the classroom, but I appreciate your contributions, Dave |
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I'll buy the 50...... but I'm nobody's sock, more like dirty underwear....
DD
http://eflclassroom.ning.com
PS. If you have students who really could be "challenged " -- try the NFB www.nfb.ca Click animation on the left and then Play films on the right. Try Neighbours....get them to describe the action and then talk about the meaning.... |
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maingman
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Location: left Korea
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Easter Clark
Joined: 18 Nov 2007
Location: Hiding from Yie Eun-woong
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| http://www.english-trailers.com/index.php |
What an excellent site! Thanks for sharing. I plan to use the materials from the site as a template for making my own materials. Also, since I have large classes, I'm going to get the trailers from http://www.apple.com/trailers/ and use Quicktime Pro (available from torrent sites) to download them on to the laptop to play on the projector. |
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Scott in Incheon
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| I just downloaded 156 episodes of The Twilight Zone...and I really think they are perfect for ESL classes. Short...easy to understand...and they all have a message of some sort so are a good starting point for discussion. Being in black and white might be the only drawback as some students don't like watching anything really old. |
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