MOVIES AS A TOOL FOR ELT

Аннотация

Background. The challenge of learning a foreign language has always been topical. The advantages of using digital video movies in the English classroom are as follows: the use of vi-deos gives a break from the teacher to the variety of authentic English. Purpose, materials and methods. If films are available for independent viewing, discuss strategies with students. It your institution has 193 a film library, self-access viewing facilities and an active viewing population, you can go for independent film study. The film should be approached as a text, as a book. First, you discuss the movie in advance, make students aware of what they would be watching. Then you develop handouts with tasks and exercises for the movie. Findings. Movies attract the people to imitate the English speaking behavior; including accent, pronunciation, hand wri-ting, and etc. and therefore lead to higher language proficiency. Conclusion. Video materials enhance students’ language competence and motivation to language learning.