Explaining methodology to teach English language using films

1. ImproveImprove
your Englishyour English
through filmsthrough films

2. GENERAL OBJECTIVESGENERAL OBJECTIVES
• To improve oral competence
• To check & learn vocabulary
• To enlarge content (arts, Japanese culture …)
• To enjoy films in the original version (English)

3. DIFFICULTIES IN UNDERSTANDINGDIFFICULTIES IN UNDERSTANDING
FILMSFILMS
Movies are difficult to understand precisely
because they are so "real world," at least from a
linguistic perspective
The Movie As Teacher
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• Out of the film context
• Language in the film
• Cultural Context in the film

4. ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES

5. WATCHING A FILM
BEFORE WATCHING WHILE WATCHING AFTER WATCHING

6. BEFORE WATCHING
OBJECTIVES
• Anticipate content and practice for a better understanding
- introducing vocabulary and grammar
- giving clues about context of the story
• Focus attention on interesting points
• Create expectations

7. BEFORE WATCHING
ACTIVITIES
CONTEXT LANGUAGE
• Synopsis
• Director, Main characters
• Review
• Context Explanations
• Film expectations
• Glossary (trilingual)
• Vocabulary & Grammar
Explanations & Practice

8. WHILE WATCHING
OBJECTIVES
• Provide listening and reading practice together.
• Connect ideas shown in the previewing
activities with the film:
story, characters, language
• Check expectations

9. WHILE WATCHING
ACTIVITIES
LISTENING READING
SubtitlesConversations
Taking notes

10. AFTER WATCHING
OBJECTIVES
• Remember important points of action
• Remember important vocabulary
• Practice oral language
• Practice some grammar
• Learn about a specific content

11. AFTER WATCHING
ACTIVITIES
SPEAKING LISTENING
Other people’s opinion• Quotes
• Goofs
• Questions
• Shots
FURTHER ACTIVITIES - WRITING

12. Basic referencesBasic references
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http://www.wordreference.com/es/http://www.wordreference.com/es/
http://www.imdb.com/http://www.imdb.com/