This document provides suggestions for using films in English language classes at three different levels. It discusses how films can motivate students and expose them to real-life English usage. The document recommends choosing films that are fun, interesting, and at an appropriate language level and difficulty for the task. Three specific lesson plans are outlined using the films "Sliding Doors", "About a Boy", and "Chicken Run" to provide listening practice and teach various language skills. Additional resources for finding films and scripts are also referenced.

1. Three films
your students might
like
(...and what a few ideas to use them
in class)

2. Three films
your students might like
Objectives:
to reflect on the way we use audiovisuals/ films in
EFL teaching.
to encourage teachers to design activities by
themselves according to their students’ needs.
Structure:
Why can films be beneficial?
How can we select material that is suitable for us?
What can we teach: three different lesson plans
(different levels)

3. Three films
your students might like
Why using movies in class
Movies are appealing
Learning through film viewing may still
represent a novel approach for some students
Features films are more motivating than
videos made for EFL/ESL teaching
Films present colloquial English in real life
contexts: different voices, slang, reduced
speeches, stress, accents, and dialects…
We will be introducing our students into film
classics, literature, history, etc.

4. Three films
your students might like
How to choose films
Not a mere FILLER
Fun
Interesting
Level (language in the clip)
Level (the task)
Entertaining
Relevant

5. Three films
your students might like
Lesson plan 1
SLIDING DOORS
Objectives:
to provide students with
extensive listening
practice.
To practise third
conditional sentences,
using the prompts from
the film script.

6. Three films
your students might like
Lesson plan 2
ABOUT A BOY
Objective: To provide
students with extensive
listening practise.
To encourage students to
compare a book and its
adaptation on film.

7. Three films
your students might like
Lesson plan 3
CHICKEN RUN
Objective: to provide
your students with
listening practice of
different varieties of
English
To listen and understand
the general idea of what
happens in a film clip
To reflect on different
stereotypes in the
English-speaking world.

8. Three films
your students might like
FURTHER REFERENCE:
http://us.imdb.com(internet movie data base)
http://www.britishcinemagreats.com/
http://www.britmovie.co.uk/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006r5jt (BBC radio
program on film)
http://www.teachwithmovies.org (organize films by theme
and by genre)
www.script-o-rama.com (scripts)
http://www.zamzar.com (downlad helper)

9. Three films
your students might like
THANKS FOR LISTENING
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