Three films your students might

like

(...and what a few ideas to use themin class)

Three films your students might like

� Objectives:� to reflect on the way we use audiovisuals/ films in

EFL teaching.� to encourage teachers to design activities by

themselves according to their students’ needs.� Structure: � Why can films be beneficial?� How can we select material that is suitable for us?� What can we teach: three different lesson plans

(different levels)

Three films your students might like

� Why using movies in class� Movies are appealing � Learning through film viewing may still

represent a novel approach for some students � Features films are more motivating than

videos made for EFL/ESL teaching � Films present colloquial English in real life

contexts: different voices, slang, reduced speeches, stress, accents, and dialects…

� We will be introducing our students into film classics, literature, history, etc.

Three films your students might like

� How to choose films� Not a mere FILLER

� Fun� Interesting� Level (language in the clip)� Level (the task)� Entertaining� Relevant

Three films your students might like

� Lesson plan 1

� SLIDING DOORS � Objectives: � to provide students with

extensive listening practice.

� To practise third conditional sentences, using the prompts from the film script.

Three films your students might like

� Lesson plan 2

� ABOUT A BOY

� Objective: To provide students with extensive listening practise.

� To encourage students to compare a book and its adaptation on film.

Three films your students might like

� Lesson plan 3� CHICKEN RUN � Objective: to provide

your students with listening practice of different varieties of English

� To listen and understand the general idea of what happens in a film clip

� To reflect on different stereotypes in the English-speaking world.

Three films your students might like

� FURTHER REFERENCE:� http://us.imdb.com(internet movie data base)� http://www.britishcinemagreats.com/� http://www.britmovie.co.uk/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006r5jt (BBC radio program on film)

� http://www.teachwithmovies.org (organize films by theme and by genre)

www.script-o-rama.com (scripts)� http://www.zamzar.com (downlad helper)

Three films your students might like

� THANKS FOR LISTENING� anieto@xtec.cat