This series gives the classroom teacher a guide to the practice of key aspects of language teaching, and considers some of the underlying concepts. In each book an introduction presenting important current issues in the area under consideration is followed by examples of classroom materials and techniques.
Film provides activities that help teachers to select, structure, and teach their lessons around films, providing adaptable ideas with popular examples at all levels. There are ideas on how to intergrate film into a general course and how to set up film projects, and a glossary of useful terms. Teachers require no previous films knowledge.
1. About film
2. Working with film clips
3. Creating film-related materials
4. Responding to whole films
5. Making comparisons
6. Focusing on characters
7. Project work
Appendices
Appendix A Glossary of film terms
Appendix B Internet resources for film
Appendix C Video troubleshooting guide
Appendix D International TV standards for video
Appendix E DVD worldwide regions
Appendix F Bibliography