1. Using Film in Foreign Language Classrooms “Got Film? Is it a Readily Accessible Window to the Target Language and Culture for your Students?” Kathleen A. Bueno

2. Film Not just entertainment! Offers students “an accessible window” into a foreign culture Challenges students’ imaginations Provides them alternative ways of seeing, feeling and understanding the world

3. Modern Languages Association, 2007 Report Goal of foreign language instruction: – "Form educated speakers with translingual and transcultural competence” – "Allow students to reflect on the world and themselves through the lens of another language and culture"

4. What Do We Know About Integrating Film into the Classroom? Robert Altman, "The Video Connection: Integrating Video into Language Teaching". Strategies – Pre-viewing – Presentation – Post-viewing Course management systems

5. Pre-viewing Preparation is key Teacher previews film for its functionality and appropriateness – Elements of a Film that Enable Comprehension : Strong story line Easily recognizable main characters Correlation between dialogue and video Avoid emotional monologues Avoid action scenes with rapid and distorted language Film offers REASONABLE challenges Teacher provides background cultural information Focus students' attention on 1 or 2 elements

6. Presentation Scaffolding aural comprehension Film divided into 3-6 minute segments for every year of secondary language instruction Multiple viewings – Use of captions Listening to isolated segments Manipulation of film

7. Post-viewing Multiple activities using language in film – Double-entry log – Role Play – Reading/writing with target vocabulary/concepts – Small group work Class discussion of film: – Attention to linguistic detail – "unlock the multiple layers of meaning” – Reflection-BETTER, not full comprehension

8. “What is Media Literacy?” M. McFarland “Films categorize the beliefs, assumptions, and prejudice of a particular historical moment.” Genre Intertextuality Center-periphery

9. Media Literacy Skills-necessary for students to foster critical thinking 5 key media literacy questions: – Who developed the message ? – What creative techniques are used to attract viewer's attention? – How could different people interpret message differently? – What values, points of view, lifestyles are presented? – Why is this message being sent?

10. Film: La Vita è Bella di Roberto Begnini Scene from first day at concentration camp

11. Works Cited "Got Film? Is It a Readily Accessible Window to the Target Language and Culture for Your Students? - Bueno - 2009 - Foreign Language Annals." Wiley Online Library. Web. 22 June 2011. <http: //onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1944-9720.2009.01023.x/abstract>. Life Is Beautiful. Dir. Roberto Benigni. By Roberto Benigni. Perf. Roberto Benigni. Miramax, 1997. Online Video