Using Film in the Classroom

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Vision Off  Task 1 What can you hear? How many people are there? What is happening? Where is the scene set?

Vision Off  Task 2 The name of the short film is ‘Teeth’ and features two men with false teeth. Does this change how you imagined the scene to be? You are the screenwriter for this short film. Write a paragraph with your partner describing the scene. Describe: where the scene takes place the men in the scene (clothes, appearance, feelings) what happens in the scene Use the notes you made on the sounds to help you.

Vision Off  Task 1 describe the scene (soundtrack or sounds only) predicting (it might be… / it must be…) Task 2 Descriptions: vocabulary for appearance, character and emotions Use who, what, where, when, how questions Tense practice Can use scene with dialogue e.g. Bend it Like Beckham

Vision Off

Pause & Predict

 Task What happens next?  Exponent writing speaking

Sound Off  Tasks make up a dialogue complete a dialogue provide a voice-over describe the music  Exponent integrated skills: prediction, writing, speaking (role play)

Other techniques  Dictogloss Play scene with sound for gist Repeat the scene. Ask Ss to take notes Ss share notes with partner Repeat the scene Ss fill in the gaps Role-play More information: togloss.pdf  Freeze frame Pause a scene and ask Ss to describe the scene e.g. the character’s appearance, clothes, feelings, colours.

Who does what?

 Task Match the actions to the character  Exponent describing & sequencing actions

Matching & Sequencing events  Matching Match collocations Watch scene and find the odd-one- out  Sequencing events Watch scene Put actions in order Watch and check

Matching & Sequencing events

Other techniques  Interview with a celebrity  Casting  Class Oscars best actor / best actress / who was the funniest?  Climax (Cause & Effect)  Missing scene  Wordhunt find all the words ending in –ed / -s / -ing all adjectives & adverbs  One-sided phone conversation similar to dialogue completion in Sound Off

For more ideas  Watch Jamie Keddie’s seminar on the TeachingEnglish website: video-elt-jamie-keddie