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Direct linkHolmes, Kerry P. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2005
Let students travel to countries around the world and experience life in different cultures and times by using foreign films with English subtitles in the classroom. Author Kerry Holmes, contends that students want to read as they become involved in the plot of a movie, their interests are piqued by novelty, and their attention is attracted to…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Reading Skills, Teaching Methods, Language Arts
Peer reviewedChappell, Martin – British Journal of Language Teaching, 1986
Analysis of foreign language films, featuring consideration of film sequence, image and film analysis, and literary adaptation, is an effective teaching activity with foreign language students. An example illustrates film analysis activities in a first-year French class. (CB)
Descriptors: College Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Film Criticism, Foreign Language Films
