Current trends in educational research focus on understanding situational processes and the dynamics of achievement emotions. In this context, the features of the learning environment and their situational impact on achievement emotions play a significant role. In this study, we consider academic language demands as a feature of the learning…

Describes procedures for the showing of newsreel episodes in the foreign language class. (PP)

Discusses the educational value that televised films may have in foreign language teaching, as well as their function in the development of basic skills. (IFS/WGA)

This paper describes the author's 30-minute film on Normandy, Paris, and the Alps. Suggestions are made for using the films in a French class to stimulate discussion and as a basis for class projects and assignments. (PMP)

An account of the origin, development, production and contents of a series of films intended for training teachers of French as a foreign language in many parts of the world. An annotated list of the films and suggestions for their use are included. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

The current study examined the effects of watching a closed-captioned movie clip on incidental vocabulary learning in a pre-test post-test experimental design. 120 college students from a college preparatory class, who were learning English as a foreign language (EFL), participated in the study. Two weeks before the treatment, all of the…

Describes the development of a film program for an intermediate language course. (PP)

THIS MANUAL IS AN ANNOTATED LIST OF 16-MILLIMETER EDUCATIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS (BOTH LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL) WHICH WERE PURCHASED WITH STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS AND PLACED IN LOUISIANA'S NINE FILM LIBRARIES. FILMS ARE ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY LANGUAGES. FILMS IN THE TARGET LANGUAGE ARE LISTED SEPARATELY FROM FILMS WITH ENGLISH NARRATION. A…

Films used in second language teaching include pedagogical films, which consist of filmed lessons designed to teach grammar and pronunciation, culture and industry shorts often made as a mild form of cultural propaganda, illustrated literature, and foreign language feature films. The latter are useful since they reflect the culture, history,…

Some of the possibilities of teaching German culture through the medium of the fictional film are suggested. Brief descriptions are provided of German films found useful in communicating some aspect or problem of twentieth-century culture. A select bibliography of works containing extensive analyses and interpretations is provided. (SW)

Examines the role of films as an instructional aid in class activities devoted to learning a foreign language as well as one's native tongue with the support of modern technology. One of the primary ways of using film to encourage learning is to interest the students in criticizing the film and then to expose them to published criticism of the…

The development of animated cartoon sequences showing various kinds of mime and gesture in humorous situations is recommended as a useful teaching aid in language learning. Humor as a significant element in the content of pictorial aids is stressed, and the appropriate types of humor are identified and illustrated. Some remarks are made about the…

This article discusses three types of films and their use in the second language classroom. The description film is objective and static, and elicits adjectives and adverbs. This kind of film should be presented three times, each time followed by a different set of learning exercises. The culture film - characterized by descriptions, scenes from…

WRITTEN FIVE YEARS AFTER THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION, CENTER FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS, AND TEACHING FILMS CUSTODIANS HAD PRODUCED JOINTLY THEIR FILM SERIES ON SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING PRINCIPLES AND METHODS, THIS REPORT DETAILS SIGNIFICANT BACKGROUND INFORMATION, OUTLINES BRIEFLY THE FEATURES OF THE FILMS, AND SUMMARIZES THEIR USE. AFTER…