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As of today, our entire faculty has been prohibited from showing any movies to our classes - it seems that "parents have complained-" isn't that always the reason?!

Is there any research to confirm my belief that Spanish (and even some English) movies are beneficial learning tools?
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Daniel Hanson I don't show movies in my classroom.

There has to be a purpose and the material has to be prepared for the students, such as a learning experience for the vocabulary and grammar being studied in class, the pre- and post-activities to help with acquiring vocabulary as well as develop comprehension. Also, there is the chunks. It is not benef...See More
Nov 20, 2015
Ann Mc Movies do tend to eat up my instruction time--of which has been drastically cut short over the past ten years due to "outside" interruptions from the administration. Anyway, if you are using movies to vary your teaching methods, then pull up a 5-10 minute YouTube video on grammar for re-enforcement. There are some great ones out there if ...See More
Nov 22, 2015
tyler I would fight hard to show some fantastic movies I have shown in AP Spanish and Spanish 4. Movies are amazing resources for teaching culture.

On 11/22/15, Ann Mc wrote: > Movies do tend to eat up my instruction time--of which has been > drastically cut short over the past ten years due to "outside" > interruptions from ...See More
Nov 23, 2015
Monica :D Don Quijote, or Día de los muertos, etc. something
cultural. As you all said, our instructional time has been
cut so short we barely have time to teach culture. It's
quite sad.

On 11/23/15, tyler wrote:
> I would fight hard to show some fantastic movies I have
> shown in AP Spanish and Spanish 4. Movies are amazing<...See More
Nov 23, 2015
Try this.. If you want to show a certain movie, explain why in writing: This video reviews the weather in Spanish.

This video is in Spanish (and that alone should be sufficient unless it's 3 full hours long). I feel that part of learning a second language is learning about the history and culture where the target language is spoken. Thus I would like...See More
Jan 6, 2016


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