Sceening Languages BFI

Screening Languages:Short films for MFL

Mark Reid BFI Education mark.reid@bfi.org.uk

archive and library

cinematheque

Festivals

film production and distribution

Publishing

Education

And BFI Education

And for Languages…

Screeninglanguages.org

2008/09 French shorts Cineminis DVDEsmee Fairbairn research with IoE on Year 8 French

Reframing Languages

Working with…

• 7 schools/ 10 teachers• Hounslow, Barking &

Dagenham, Barnet, Lambeth, E-ACT

• Year 7/8 • French, Spanish, German

17 schools/ 22 teachers

8 LAs, 2 academy chains

Cross-KS3

French, Spanish, German, Mandarin, Turkish, Arabic

Year 1 Year 2

892 pupils over 2 years

Developing…

Pupils•The 4 skill areas•Cultural awareness•Engagement and motivation•Confidence

Teachers•Subject knowledge•Pedagogic knowledge•Confidence •Professional satisfaction

Producing…

• 57 Schemes of Work/ 150 lessons• 7 CPD days• 7 ITT sessions• 36 lesson observations• 15 Reflective Logs and 22 blog posts• www.screeninglanguages.org

Why film?

Why film?

‘Comprehensible input’ and ‘forms of life’

Culturally rich language context

Engagement for children

Why shorts?

• New to children

• Manageability

• High quality- cinematic

Shorts pedagogy

• ‘Tell Me’ grids - in target language

• Hiding and revealing

• Stopping and starting

character setting

StoryQu’est-ce qu’il se passe

Mood

ambience

Qui? Ou? Quand?

‘Tell Me’ grids

Aidan Chambers/ CLPE

(Hide the screen and play the DVD, Mark)

puzzles patterns

surprises predictions

Value for Teachers

• New pedagogical knowledge and approaches• Confidence in exploring film as a cultural

medium• Changed expectations of pupils• Greater cultural awareness in their teaching• Confidence to take risks - experimentation• Imagination and originality• Motivation and professional development

Value for Pupils

Value for Pupils

• Improved motivation towards learning another language• Improved attainment in listening, speaking, reading and writing• Develops cultural knowledge and interest in film as a cultural form

Speaking skillsduring viewing

• Learners report phrases with or without help of teacher/sub-title e.g. on poster or PP

• ‘Predictive speech’ - what is he/she going to say/do?

• Learner originated questions• Descriptions and summaries while the

film is running (no sound)

Speaking skillsafter viewing

• Discussion of film – likes/dislikes re characters, aspects of film

• Information gap activities and role play• Storyboard - continuing the story, alternative

endings• Guessing games: describing characters/events• Re-sequencing mixed-up stills from film,

relating correct sequence

Film resources for MFL• Kirikou et la Sorciere (1998, Fr, West African, BFI

films; dir Michel Ocelot); also Azur and Azmar/ The Prince’s Quest by same director

• BFI shorts: Starting Stories 1&2 and Story Shorts 1&2

• Cine-minis DVD• DVD of Courts Metrages: Courts de Recre and

Enfantillages, Institut Francais - celine.cordier@diplomatie.gouv.fr

• ALL yahoo group on using film via Helen Myers• BFI Southbank and Sheffield Showroom cinema days

on using film with MFL at KS2-KS5

http://screeninglanguages.wordpress.com

Launch BFI Southbank 23rd November 2pm