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Using Subtitled Foreign Films in the Language Classroom. Article by Michelle Fiorito and Heather Torrie Source : Essential Teacher. Summary. Media and Technology tend to dominate minds of youth Helps develop reading fluency, lexicon, and grammatical knowledge
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UsingSubtitledForeign Films in theLanguageClassroom Article by Michelle Fioritoand Heather Torrie Source: EssentialTeacher
Summary • Media and Technology tend to dominate minds of youth • Helps develop reading fluency, lexicon, and grammatical knowledge • Previewing, Viewing, and Post viewing Activities • Be selective with films • Student Feedback
Why • My experience • Interesting topic
My Thoughts • Agree • Fun way to learn • Beneficial to students
Quote • “ Language in films provides ideal opportunities to look closely at how natural language is used to express ideas for meaningful purposes.” • Natural language vs. school language
Future Use • Films in field experience? • We can implement films into our own classrooms • Good exposure of L2 to students