New Approaches to Exploiting Film in the Foreign Language Classroom

Kaiser, Mark

doi:10.5070/l23210005

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“…Several other studies worked with filmic media. Many of these studies seemed to share in common with Kaiser () a belief that “film provides instructors with a means of exploring how a foreign culture uses a particular medium to create meaning and represent its values to itself” (p. 248) and as such offers a vehicle to develop translingual and transcultural competence. Drawing from the multiliteracies framework, L. Brown, Iwasaki, and Lee () implemented clips from Korean television dramas and talk shows in a collegiate Korean classroom “to enhance learners’ multimodal competence, promote critical literacy, and empower students in their use of the target language and development of second language identities” (p. 162).…”

Section: From Literacy To Multiliteracies In Fl Educationmentioning

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Moving toward multiliteracies in foreign language teaching: Past and present perspectives … and beyond

Warner

Dupuy

2018

Foreign Language Annals

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In recent years, literacy has emerged as a key critical term in foreign language (FL) teaching and learning. This essay reflects on the history of literacy and on current developments, in particular those related to the development of multiliteracies paradigms. The article concludes with a discussion of emergent topics related to literacy and language teaching and suggests ways in which research in these domains is posing new questions for the field of FL education.

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Section: From Literacy To Multiliteracies In Fl Educationmentioning

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Moving toward multiliteracies in foreign language teaching: Past and present perspectives … and beyond

Warner

Dupuy

2018

Foreign Language Annals

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“…I recognize that I was hardly the first college professor to use films clips in the classroom (Berk, 2009). A simple Internet search reveals the use of film clips across disciplines as diverse as architectural history (Handa, 2010), foreign language (Kaiser, 2011), mathematics (Knill, 2012), physics (Chasteen, 2012), and psychology (Green, 2011). Of course, teaching law through the movies is especially fertile ground; entire books focus on law and the movies (Asimov & Bergman, 1996).…”

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Using Film Clips in the Classroom: Something Old, Something New?

Levey

2015

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This essay describes the process by which a new college professor embraced using film clips in an undergraduate Business Law course, with the goal of enhancing student engagement and learning. In particular this paper focuses on: (1) theme days, in which a movie, TV show or actor is used as a vehicle to teach an entire class; and (2) review sessions, in which a film clip is used as a way to review material previously taught, e.g., in anticipation of a test.

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“…However, there seems to be a consensus among researchers that they have significant benefits (Yuksel & Tanriverdi, ). They assist the learning of vocabulary and overall comprehension (Kaiser, ), allow students to understand less‐used expressions such as culture‐bound vocabulary (King, ), and help them understand the narrative structure (Rifkin, ). Perhaps most important, using target language captions provides a stress‐free learning environment (King, ) and lowers student anxiety (Lin, ).…”

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Maritime English Vocabulary in Feature Films:The Perfect Storm(2000) andMaster and Commander(2003)

Jurkovič

2015

TESOL Q

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The teaching content of Maritime English is dictated by the 1995 International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping, as amended, which sets qualification standards for masters, officers, and officers of the watch on merchant ships, including a high proficiency level in maritime English. Feature films have an established role in the teaching of general English. To date, however, no research has been conducted regarding the role of feature films in maritime English classrooms. In order to bridge this research gap and as a first step toward introducing feature films into the teaching of maritime English, this article analyses maritime English vocabulary in two feature films: The Perfect Storm (2000) and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003). The results of the analysis show that both films are rich in terms of maritime English vocabulary (frequency and range). However, whereas The Perfect Storm seems to be more suitable for a short-sequence approach, focusing on maritime communication and the weather, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World lends itself better to a whole-sequence approach. The author concludes with implications for teaching and suggested tasks for using both films as teaching tools in maritime English classrooms.

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New Approaches to Exploiting Film in the Foreign Language Classroom

Cited by 43 publications

References 3 publications

Moving toward multiliteracies in foreign language teaching: Past and present perspectives … and beyond

Moving toward multiliteracies in foreign language teaching: Past and present perspectives … and beyond

Using Film Clips in the Classroom: Something Old, Something New?

Maritime English Vocabulary in Feature Films:The Perfect Storm(2000) andMaster and Commander(2003)

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