Discusses at what point during foreign language instruction the use of visual aids is most pedagogically meaningful and technically efficient. Compares traditional instructional media with more contemporary and/or technical visual ones such as overhead, slide and film projection and comics. (Text is in German.) (TL)

Popular films can be used successfully in a wide range of language, content, and culture classes. Creating support materials in order to use a movie in such a class is an enormous task, but with careful planning it can be broken into four manageable components: contemplation, selection, segmentation, and construction. This brief paper provides a…

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…

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)

Looks at using feature films in the English language classroom. Provides an outline description of a film workshop conducted by students of the Bilkent University School of Applied Language. The effects of the workshop on students are discussed, and suggestions are made for ways to use feature films in the English language classroom. (Author/VWL)

Describes and assesses Florida State University's two-week summer institute on the use of video materials in the classroom. Four general methodological statements for initiating the presentation of Spanish language films to high school students are provided as well as recommendations about presentation of full length movies in Spanish. (nine…

The teaching of modern literature using film versions of the works studied is examined, and a special course that was organized around this concept is described. Results of the course are discussed, and suggestions are made for how to use film in general literature courses and other contexts. (12 references) (JL)

Describes a film poster-based activity that is designed to help students in the English-as-a-foreign-language classroom understand new vocabulary and raise their awareness of both the position of words in the structure of a sentence and their grammatical patterns and combinations. (Author/VWL)

This article describes model units for an in-depth cultural analysis of "Das Versprechen" in undergraduate college courses including intermediate German, German culture and civilization, advanced conversation and composition, and film. Practical suggestions for pre-viewing, viewing, and post-viewing activities as well as assessment in…

The place of literary criticism in the education of pre-service English language teachers in EFL contexts is rarely discussed in the related literature. Traditional view of teaching criticism involves learning of the tenets of the critical school and applying them to literary texts. In this paper, an application of teaching criticism is discussed…

A year of sixth-form French instruction is described. Lessons included a great deal of discussion, dramatics exercises, reading of journals and French stories and novels, and use of a residential facility where only French was spoken. (CHK)

Recommends having students watch videotaped recordings of satellite transmissions of foreign television programs to enhance their acquisition of a foreign language. (JC)

This article outlines the audio-visual structuro-global method of teaching foreign languages, discusses its positive and negative points, and discusses the causes of its negative points. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

Suggests that a college English-as-a-Foreign-Language course using science fiction texts and films can help students whose imminent concern is not only language proficiency, but also the culture of an English-speaking world. Presents two techniques for helping students enjoy reading, thus enhancing their language skills. (Author/VWL)

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)