Advantages and disadvantages of using movies to teach English in Ecuador

1. What are the advantages
and disadvantages of
using films to teach
English at schools?
BY: Maicol Suntasig
ESPE University

2. Advantages of using films to teach
English at schools
Encourage students to learn
• Resources like: music, recordings, videos and
films
Students could pay more attention
• In topics they are interested in.

3. Advantages of using films to teach
English at schools
Improve pronunciation
Provide feedback
Generate interest among the students

4. Advantages of using films to teach
English at schools
Plan Find Show

5. Advantages of using films to teach
English at schools
Phases
to
develop
in order
to
succeed
Plan your classes and anticipate the
possible problems.
Find the correct movie or scenes
according to students ages.
Show the movie with academic
purposes

6. Advantages of using films to teach
English at schools
Tools: worksheets
Questions, dialogues
Role-plays, debates.

7. Disadvantages of using films to
teach English at schools
Because the age restrictions
•Permission must be asked
Movies could be a trouble not a goal
•Students get distracted

8. Disadvantages of using films to
teach English at schools
Historical context
Generate confusion
Students want entertainment only

9. Disadvantages of using films to
teach English at schools
Fiction
movies
awards In class

10. Disadvantages of using films to
teach English at schools
List of
disadvantages Lack of attention when students do not
understand the purpose.
When the class is not planned students
do not pay attention.
Students take the movie like a free
hour.

11. Conclusions
Conclusion
Engagement
To improve
pronunciation in
students
Plan the class
before showing
the movie
Relate the movie
with the current
topic
Be careful
Wasting of time
preparing
materials
Projector, movie,
permissions must
be ready.
Creative
activities to
evaluate

12. Thank you