movies & tv in the classroom oec.ppt

8/2/2019 Movies & TV in the classroom OEC.ppt

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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 +


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 +


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


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 +


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


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


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

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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

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