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Direct linkMentor, Dominic, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
Mobile learning is an educational strategy that uses mobile technologies in order to promote and enable learning. Mobile learning also encompasses efforts to support broad educational goals across numerous fields as it caters to the effective administration of learning systems and more improved communication between educational institutions,…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Handheld Devices, Experiential Learning, Cooking Instruction
Bryant, David – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1979
Through the example of "La Grande Illusion," the value of film study in an academic curriculum is discussed. A suggested teaching program for an economical yet comprehensive study of a single film is suggested. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Film Study, Foreign Language Films, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedCarr, Thomas M., Jr. – French Review, 1980
Presents strategies for exploring the cultural content of feature foreign films in the language or culture and civilization classroom. Examples are taken from Francois Truffaut's "L'Argent de poche" and from Agnes Varga's "L'Une Chante, L'autre pas." (AM)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Differences, Cultural Education, Cultural Influences
Peer reviewedBerwald, Jean-Pierre – Foreign Language Annals, 1979
The use of teacher-made captions or subtitles to accompany slide and film presentations in foreign language classes is discussed. (JB)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Captions, Films, Language Instruction
Download full textLin, Li-Yun – 2002
This paper demonstrates effective strategies for helping Taiwanese English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students participate in extensive and active viewing of Chinese-subtitled films outside of the classroom, focusing on how appropriate strategies for watching Chinese-subtitled Hollywood films in authentic viewing environments can guide students…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Films, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedKrebs, Robert K. – Unterrichtspraxis, 1978
Describes the procedure for conducting a ten-week project for the foreign language classroom that involves group participation: the dubbing of shortened American films using students' voices. (EJS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Films, German, Language Instruction
Finkelstein, Barbara, Ed.; Eder, Elizabeth K., Ed. – 1998
This book, intended to be used in the middle and high school classroom, provides teachers with unique ideas and lesson plans for exploring culture and adding a multicultural perspective to diverse subjects. "Hidden messages" are the messages of culture that are entwined in everyday lives, but which are seldom recognized or appreciated…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Autobiographies, Cultural Context, Films
Goodman-Stephens, Bryan; Goodman-Stephens, Pamela – Times Educational Supplement (London), 1978
To revive students' sagging motivation in French class at the end of the term, a four-week project was designed in which the class wrote and produced slide-tape shows and super eight films in French. (SJL)
Descriptors: Film Production, French, Learning Activities, Modern Language Curriculum
Grigoriou, Marianthi; And Others – Francais dans le Monde, 1992
Four language classroom activities are described, including a food game, a culture and language activity based on a Paris Metro ticket, an exercise in the use of definite and indefinite articles using a film poster, and a classroom adaptation of a fairy tale for dramatic oral presentation. (MSE)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Determiners (Languages), Dramatics
Peer reviewedForeign Language Annals, 1976
A series of short articles are presented featuring aspects of the American Bicentennial and stressing classroom activities and projects suitable for foreign language students and teachers. (Author/CLK)
Descriptors: American Culture, Class Activities, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Education
Gaskell, Ralph – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1977
In order to derive the greatest benefit from French texts, instruction should be in three phases: Discovering the text and collecting information; sorting and practicing language items; integrating old and new vocabulary and language. Examples of discussion and test questions relating to certain texts are included. (CHK)
Descriptors: Foreign Language Films, Foreign Language Periodicals, Language Instruction, Language Skills
Peer reviewedEslava, Roslyn; Lawson, Peter O. – TESOL Quarterly, 1979
This article describes a course designed to develop oral skills in English as a second language. A video-taped movie is shown without its sound track; the students then analyze, discuss, and ultimately dub in the film in the target language. (CFM)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Descriptions, English (Second Language)
McAlpine, Dave, Ed.; And Others – 1989
Selected papers from the 1989 Central State Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages include the following: "From Talk to Action: An Essential for Curricular Change" (June K. Phillips); "Comprehensible Input for Intermediate Foreign Language Students via Video" (Tracy David Terrell); "Developing Extensive Reading Skills: The Transition to…
Descriptors: African Culture, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education
PDF pending restorationCoreil, Clyde, Ed.; Napoliello, Mihri, Ed. – Journal of the Imagination in Language Learning, 1996
Articles address a variety of ways in which imagination can be used to enhance second language teaching and learning. They include: "Multiple Intelligences and Second Language Acquisition" (Mary Ann Christison); "Spellbound in the Language Class: A Strategy of Surprise" (Gertrude Moskowitz); "The Imagination: Where Roles…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Broadcast Television, Class Activities, Classroom Communication
MINNETESOL Journal, 1994
The 12 volumes of the professional journal contain articles on a wide variety of topics on classroom techniques, curriculum design, class activities, and research in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teaching at all educational levels. General topics include: communicating with ESL students; current events in the classroom; cultural test bias;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, American Indians, Bilingualism
