The document discusses the benefits of using films in foreign language classes, including improving visual and verbal interpreting skills, generating student enthusiasm and motivation, and providing authentic cultural context. It notes that films are valuable but cannot replace teachers, and should be used in short segments to enhance listening comprehension. The document provides examples of activities teachers could use with film clips at different proficiency levels, such as descriptive, matching, comprehension questions, games, and role plays.

1. Integrating films in the foreign language class Antonella Lugli Wemple

2. Carousel activity On your red card, please jot down 3 benefits of using films in the language class. Carousel – Share one idea, receive one idea, exchange your card.

3. Benefits Improve students’ visual and verbal interpreting skills Generate students’ enthusiasm and motivation Provide authentic cultural context and native speakers’ voices

4. More benefits Offer visual clues to the meaning of spoken language Provide paralinguistic clues Enhance comprehension of a literary text

5. What is the theory suggesting Films are valuable tools but….. No replacement for teacher! Teachers need to have educational goals Short segments improve listening comprehension Short segments can be used at any step of the lesson sequence

6. How should we use films Films selection and activities need to be appropriate to students’ proficiency, curriculum, and maturity level Activities need to be designed to enhance learning Films need to generate conversation and writing activities Films’ lessons need to be challenging, requiring efforts, and support active participation of the viewer

7. Video clip of Charade (1963)

8. Think-pair-share activity (Groups of 3) What activity could you devise for the clip of the movie we have just seen? A) At Stage 1 B) At stage 2 or 3

9. What type of activities could we implement? Descriptive activities List category of vocabulary List all words students know Recognize meaning of words from the context True/False questions

10. More activities Matching activities Comprehension questions Play games Place events in chronological order Silent viewing activities Cloze dialogues completion

11. … and more activities Sound only activities Freeze framing activities Predicting activities Role plays Produce a trailer for the movie Make comparison between two characters in the film or two cultures

12. Resources Please refer to the handout Using Films in the Language Class for a short list of resources