This chapter describes a pedagogical approach that blends theory and practice in upper-level French film classes, but the objectives, design, and assignments are applicable to many contexts in which instructors might want to engage with visual material. Reading, viewing, writing, lecture, and discussion combine with practical filmmaking workshops…

Ever since Karen Price's ground-breaking work in 1983, we have known that same-language subtitles (captions) primarily intended for the deaf and hearing-impaired can provide access to foreign language films and TV programmes which would otherwise be virtually incomprehensible to non-native-speaker viewers. Since then, researchers have steadily…

The main concern of the present study was to compare Iranian monolingual and bilingual EFL students' listening comprehension in terms of Latinized Persian subtitling of English movie to see whether there was a significant difference between monolinguals and bilinguals on immediate linguistic comprehension of the movie. Latinized Persian subtitling…

This article focuses on the benefits of using short film in the German classroom at the secondary or post-secondary level. The article addresses a number of characteristics of short films that lend themselves well to the classroom, including their abbreviated length, artistic innovation, and compact storytelling. In addition to discussing specific…

The teaching of culture has become gradually more significant for all teachers involved in language education; it has been referred as the "hidden curriculum" of foreign language teaching. Because of limited time available in the classroom and curriculum constraints, the inclusion of cultural lessons often comes second to the teaching of…

The guide is geared to reflect the expanding interest in the history of cinema, in underground and experimental films, in social and political documentaries as well as more conventional Hollywood and foreign classics. It lists over 8,000 16mm films selected from 50 United States distributors. A title directory contains information concerning the…

Studies made in the last few years show that using films in language classrooms is an effective way in teaching a foreign language. Well-chosen films can serve as a valuable pedagogical aid, both for classroom use and self-study. This article is about using films in language classrooms through a specially designed course, whose outline description…

Involving reluctant and low-achieving students with reading is an essential step to increasing students' content area knowledge. One way to increase students' engagement with text is by linking social studies content with foreign films that have English subtitles. Not only can subtitled films help increase students' engaged time with text, but the…

Content, structure and point of introduction of the French sound filmstrip "Une visite au theatre I" (A Visit to the Theater, I) are described. (Text is in German and French.) (IFS/WGA)

Content, structure and point of introduction of the French sound filmstrip "Une visite au theatre II" (A Visit to the Theater, II) are described. (Text is in German and French.) (IFS/WGA)

Content, structure and point of introduction of the French sound filmstrip "Une famille francaise" (A French Family) are described. (Text is in German and French.) (IFS/WGA)

An analysis and review of Truffaut's Wild Child," calling it as compressed and visually discreet a film concerning the teacher/learner world as any ever made. (Author/JB)

IN AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CATALOGS FOR FILMS AND FILMSTRIPS, PART I LISTS CATALOGS OF NATIONAL ORIGIN (34 NATIONS ARE REPRESENTED), PART III LISTS CATALOGS BY SUBJECT, AND PART II LISTS ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE AS B.1996 FROM NATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS OF UNESCO PUBLICATIONS OR FROM THE DIVISION OF FREE FLOW…

Analyzes the three literary sources of Ingmar Bergman's film, "Through a Glass Darkly," in an attempt to account for some of the film's technical weaknesses and shed light on the film's interpretation. (TO)

Consists of a series of reviews of different kinds of films that are considered appropriate for instructional needs. (RK)