THE USE OF VIDEO AS A LANGUAGE TEACHING TOOL

THE USE OF VIDEO AS A LANGUAGE TEACHING TOOL

Eminović, Lejla

Using film and television shows as a language teaching tool has become a popular choice among language teachers, especially with English language. This paper attempts to explain how film and television is beneficial in the language learning process thus the ideas presented here are in order to help incorporate this method of teaching into the lessons of English language. The use of long feature films, television shows, and short film clips in the classroom can be used to motivate students by finding films or shows which they find interesting and entertaining, enhance their grammar, and even teach the culture of the English speaking world. This paper provides the insight into different research on the topic of feature film and television shows as a language learning aid, as well as providing some guidelines for future research. It is intended to provide teachers with some ideas for using video in combination with course books, and it contains a variety of suggestions for activities to use in the ESL classroom in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also in other countries where English is not the native language.

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2014

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