Using Film in the Classroom

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Vision Off

Task 1

• What can you hear?• How many people are there?• What is happening?• Where is the scene set?

Vision Off

Task 2

• The name of the short film is ‘Teeth’ and features two men with false teeth.

• Does this change how you imagined the scene to be?• You are the screenwriter for this short film. Write a

paragraph with your partner describing the scene. Describe:

• where the scene takes place• the men in the scene (clothes, appearance, feelings)• what happens in the scene

Use the notes you made on the sounds to help you.

Vision Off

Task 1 describe the scene (soundtrack or sounds only) predicting (it might be… / it must be…)

• Task 2• Descriptions: vocabulary for appearance, character

and emotions• Use who, what, where, when, how questions• Tense practice

• Can use scene with dialogue e.g. Bend it Like Beckham

Vision Off

Pause & Predict

Pause & Predict

Task

• What happens next?

Exponent

• writing• speaking

Sound Off

Tasks

• make up a dialogue• complete a dialogue• provide a voice-over• describe the music

Exponent

• integrated skills: prediction, writing, speaking (role play)

Other techniques Dictogloss

Play scene with sound for gist Repeat the scene. Ask Ss to take notes Ss share notes with partner Repeat the scene Ss fill in the gaps Role-play More information:

http://www.englishraven.com/SLAC_dictogloss.html

http://www.carla.umn.edu/cobaltt/modules/strategies/Dictogloss.pdf

Freeze frame Pause a scene and ask Ss to describe the scene e.g.

the character’s appearance, clothes, feelings, colours.

Who does what?

Who does what?

Task

• Match the actions to the character

Exponent

• describing & sequencing actions

Matching & Sequencing events

Matching

• Match collocations• Watch scene and

find the odd-one-out

Sequencing events

• Watch scene• Put actions in order• Watch and check

Matching & Sequencing events

Other techniques

Interview with a celebrity Casting Class Oscars

best actor / best actress / who was the funniest?

Climax (Cause & Effect) Missing scene Wordhunt

find all the words ending in –ed / -s / -ingall adjectives & adverbs

One-sided phone conversationsimilar to dialogue completion in Sound Off

For more ideas

Watch Jamie Keddie’s seminar on the TeachingEnglish website:

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/seminars/using-video-elt-jamie-keddie