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Who
are these books for?
Why use
film?
The films
The scenes
The tasks
The
themes
The DVDs and
copyright issues
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Who are these books for?
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Teaching
with Film, Teaching
with Film 2
and Teaching with
Film 3 are for teachers
of English as a foreign language working
in higher education, schools or language schools with intermediate
students and upwards and using communicative language teaching
methods.
If you're looking to start,
finish or break up a lesson with something
visual,
something to motivate
and pique your students' interest,
something to introduce
a subject you are working on, something
to create a good
atmosphere
for learning, something with a bit of magic:
then that something is film.
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Why use film?
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Films are funny,
moving,
thought-provoking.
Films sum up
a problem in a few minutes of well-written
script, dilemmas we face in everyday life are illustrated in
an entertaining
way.
In teaching English as a foreign
language they help trigger discussions,
set up writing
tasks and can be used to practise
listening
skills, learn
vocabulary
or get students used to hearing how
native speakers
"really" communicate.
Films highlight communication
and business
skills, give students a glimpse into
the target
culture adding colour and life to
their studies. And films motivate.
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The films
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The
three books include a total of 455 film scenes from 248 English-language
movies of recent decades.
Volume 1:
175 scenes from 100 movies | 276 pages
Volume 2:
150 scenes from 87 movies | 276 pages
Volume 3: 130 scenes
from 61 movies | 276 pages
The films are listed alphabetically by title
with the themes listed in the index.
Each film includes
key information (writer, director, actors, genre, year).
A variety of genres and a mix
of female and male characters in independent and mainstream
British and Hollywood films as well as English-language films
from other countries have been included.
As the majority of the English spoken in the world today is
spoken between non-native speakers I have also occasionally
added films and scenes (either with no dialogue or where the
dialogue is spoken in English) from non-English-language films.
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The scenes
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The scenes range from 2–5
minutes with a few being up to 10 minutes when warranted.
Each scene has been carefully chosen, researched and categorised
under themes.
A short introductory text puts the scene into the context of
the film.
DVD timings are given, some scenes come with an option of longer
or shorter versions.
When possible scenes contain a complete sequence with a clear
beginning and end.
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The tasks
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The scenes come with a gist listening
task,
a selection of useful
vocabulary and ideas for follow-up
speaking, reading, writing
and listening tasks.
From volume 2 pre-activity tasks have been added.
Some scenes include a detailed listening task,
an A4 handout (with key) which can be downloaded from the
download sections:
Volume
1: Downloads
Volume 2:
Downloads
Volume 3: Downloads.
The structured writing tasks
are taken from the Cambridge exams and include such formats
as articles, letters, competition entries, information sheets,
proposals, reports, reviews and short stories.
Business skills can also be illustrated and practised with
scenes showing job interviews, presentations, meetings, negotiations,
small talk, problem solving, intercultural
communication, teamwork and other areas of business.
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The themes
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Themes of the scenes include: advertising,
arguments,
being
creative,
business,
celebrity,
childhood,
communication
problems,
conflict
resolution,
crime,
cultural
differences,
democracy,
discussing
problems,
dreams,
ethics,
expressing
feelings,
families,
finding
your vocation in life,
friendship,
the
future,
getting
a job,
getting
to know someone,
giving
instructions,
global
problems,
helping
others,
hobbies,
homes,
intercultural
communication,
introducing
a family,
job
interviews,
learning,
life,
losing
a job,
making
a decision,
making
a mistake,
media,
meetings,
meeting
someone famous,
men-women,
music,
negotiations,
overcoming
loss,
parents,
plane
journeys,
politics,
presentations,
privacy,
problem
solving,
small
talk,
speeches,
sport,
storytelling,
succeeding,
taking
a risk,
teaching,
technology,
teenagers,
television,
travel,
writing,
and many more…
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The DVDs
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Today's widespread availability of DVDs makes accessibility
easier than in the past.
Educational establishments often have their own DVD libraries,
DVDs can be borrowed from public libraries or are available
from rental chains and online download services.
When all these avenues have been exhausted (including film
enthusiasts among your friends, family and colleagues), DVDs
are available at very reasonable prices.
Movieclips (Official
clips online)
The website Movieclips
(now incorporated into YouTube) offers an extensive selection
of licensed, high quality film clips and is backed by six
major Hollywood studios (not Disney).
Some of the scenes (or parts of) used
in the Teaching with Film series can therefore be accessed
online.
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Copyright issues
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Using film clips for educational purposes is allowed by copyright
law in the UK, US, Germany and Austria.
As long as the DVD has been purchased legally, and the clip
is embedded in an educational framework, its use for educational
purposes does not contravene copyright law.
Please check copyright laws in your country.
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Film in education
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"As
communication through moving images plays an unprecedented role
in our era, the education system needs to acknowledge this fact:
teaching film, as well as teaching and learning with film,
should be a basic requirement at any school, university or kindergarten."
Alexander Horwath
Former director of the
Film Museum, Vienna
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