One of the greatest benefits of using film and movies to learn another language is that learners are provided with a visual context – meaning it supports their learning by providing a visual framework.
Short Film - Moving Pictures in Language Teaching
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Course Summary
One of the greatest benefits of using film and movies to learn another language is that learners are provided with a visual context – meaning it supports their learning by providing a visual framework.
Short films can help students understand foreign words and phrases by giving them various visual clues such as facial expressions and body language (gasps, moans, sighs). Films are an accessible art form that can link several aspects of culture, such as poetry, literature, second language and which pupils of all ages are keen to engage with. Moreover, short films are useful to talk about subjects as important as friendship, solidarity, love, respect for others and teamwork.
Movies can also be shown in class as an entertaining alternative to the formal educational experience and serve as the focus for class discussions and assignments.
Course Goals
The course’s main goal is to develop participants’ professional expertise by using and applying film-rich approaches when teaching:
- Develop a deeper understanding of the potential of film and video materials in a language/history/science/drama class;
- A short film can be easily screened in its entirety within one lesson; Film is an inclusive medium, accessible to students with diverse learning styles, backgrounds, experiences and needs;
- Films are stimulating, able to generate a wide range of discussing, conversational and dramatic topics/activities, therefore stimulating an active engagement with language;
- Films, generally, use authentic language and therefore help students to learn faster and with more detail, especially the gestures and facial expressions that support speech;
- Writing in a target language can be supported by creative and interactive approaches to film.
Learning Outcomes:
- Discuss the principles and the intention behind working with short films in language teaching;
- Ability to design effective teaching strategies for working with film in language/drama/science teaching;
- Develop an understanding of what the language of film, especially short film, offers to support language teaching;
- Enhance and refresh linguistic skills;
- Enrich oral communication skills;
- Introduce creative ideas to make classes livelier and more interactive;
- Implement practical activities for teaching challenging classes;
- Enhance participants’ knowledge, skills and competencies relating to their work practice;
- Provide tools for more effective communication and motivate different personality types;
- Understand group dynamics;
- Exploit useful resources/tasks for the classroom by promoting research activities, using this technology;
- Improve ICT skills;
- Facilitate experience and cultural exchanges between European participants and Portuguese teaching personnel, which results in a fruitful international experience;
- Enhance communicative competencies in English and social skills;
- Promote intercultural awareness;
- Identify & share good practices that can be implemented at a local level.
Daily Program
DAY 1
- Welcome Session: dinner, icebreaking
- Meet & greet, networking - participants and staff
- Week briefing & planning
DAY 2
How do I implement a short film into a language classroom?
Some key pedagogies and approaches to teaching languages using short film
Working with creative technologies in language learning
Assessing language learning using the different film dimensions including sound, image and time
Film language and language learning
DAY 3
Film sound and languages - how can sound be exploited for language learning?
Teaching with film music and genre
Film dialogue and language learning
Film image and language learning - how the varying dimensions of the film image can be used in language teaching and learning
DAY 4
Exploring body language, facial expression and the image in film, for use in the languages classroom
Film time and languages - flashbacks, backstory and the past tense. Present tense, narrating and ellipsis. Flash Forward, prediction and future tense
Emaze - visual story using stunning visual effects - makes it easy for teachers to create fun, interactive lessons that keep their students “zoomed in”
Emaze’s out-of-the-box templates combine video, sound, and text making lessons into active learning and interactivity - including students with special needs and learning disabilities
DAY 5
MovieMaker, Filmora, iMovie and other video editing programs;
Finding, downloading, editing, and embedding media using a proper clip converter
Cut your movie into shorter clips using online video cutter
Create a trailer using Magisto
Create a mini-trailer time version of your fil
Producing a film for a classroom unit
DAY 6
Group work presentations
Course roundup & review
Learning outcomes' validation
Certification Ceremony
Pricing
🍷 Porto
480 € / participant
- Welcome Kit
- Quality Daily Program
- Welcome Session & Dinner
- Daily Coffee Break
- Logistics & Admin. Support
- Full Daily Assistance
- Erasmus+ Documentation
- Certification Ceremony
Costs can be supported with a Key Action grant under the Erasmus+ Program. Our pricing policy follows the official regulations on transparent costs.
Course fee: 480 euros per participant (6-day course).
What is Included? Find all details listed inside the information box.
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Welcome Session & Dinner
icebreaking while enjoying Portuguese delicacies
Welcome Kit
with goodies and materials from Learning Together’s Team
Quality Daily Program
designed by our innovative, experienced trainers
Daily Coffee Break
to enjoy a morning break between peers and trainer
Organizational & Administrative Support
from the headquarters and LT staff
Full Daily Assistance
on-call+chat support throughout the whole week
Certification Ceremony
course documentation, validation, networking and farewell.
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Planned
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Language
English
Material Required
Laptop
Documentation
Yes
Certificate
Yes
Location
On-site / Portugal
Target Audience
Wide range of educational professionals across primary, middle and secondary schools, higher education, training centers, adult education schools and NGOs.
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Certification
A Certificate of Attendance is issued to all participants who complete a minimum of 80% of the course.
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