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Peer reviewedArey, Marie-Jo – Foreign Language Annals, 1993
This paper presents and comments on an experiment on teaching grammar that was started at Gettysburg College (PA). Using a proficiency-based approach, this course uses films as texts that provide a cultural, visual, and linguistic context in which the class functions. (six references) (JL)
Descriptors: Dialog Journals, Dictation, Foreign Language Films, French
Download full textCarr, Tom; Duncan, Janice – 1987
As videocassettes of foreign films become more available, teachers will be able to show more films and bring students closer to the second language and culture. However, unfocused viewing will not develop language and cultural proficiency adequately. Class time is better spent in preparing for or reacting to the film than in viewing the film in…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Education, Films, Foreign Language Films
Tatsuki, Donna – 1999
This paper describes the various barriers to comprehension that learners may encounter when viewing feature films in a second language. Two clusters of interfacing factors that may contribute to comprehension hot spots emerged from a quantitative analysis of problems noted in student logbooks. One cluster had a strong acoustic basis, whereas the…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Auditory Training, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
