A description of the use made by a college teacher in Germany of films in his language classes. Students provided the dialogue for silent films during class. Films were also used in this way for testing speaking ability. Motivation was high. It seemed to be successful as a testing technique. (AMH)

Describes an experiment with an innovative foreign language teaching method whose focus is on increasing the students' fluency and interest by deemphasizing the role of the teacher as drill-master and stressing student communication on a one-to-one basis. (Author/CLK)

Films are becoming recognized as an important medium of foreign language instruction. Although there is a lack of instructional films in German, an abundance of excellent feature films is available through the German Embassy and various consulates. Well-edited scenarios are needed, however, in order to make using these films an effective teaching…