4. THE EFFECTS OF LEARNING ENGLISH LANGUAGE THROUGH MOVIE In terms of instruction, teaching English is supposedly not confined only to grammar; it should include several aspects of the language, such as the four skills (Al-Muhtaseb, 2012, p. 4). Language includes the four basic skills: listening, reading, speaking and writing. Furthermore, most of the EL learners have a good reading and writing skill compared to listening and speaking skill. They can easily read and write, but it is difficult for them to speak in the second language and talk about themselves (Yoshi &Flaitz, 2002) because always the major focus has been on writing skill. Students do many writing activities from the first year of their academic study until they write their research paper in last year and during the time; they will have almost some courses related to speaking and reading skills (Al-Muhtaseb, 2012). May someone wondering and asking which skills be able to be developed with movies? The …show more content…
At the beginning, many correct English statements will store in the head of EL learners, and then the learners through the process of drilling can learn the statements and make their own sentences. While watching English movies, the learner can be familiar with informal speeches and slangs that He/She is unable to find them in English dictionaries (Zarei 2008). English movies improve EL learners’ pronunciation and comprehension of spoken language, because if they cannot comprehend the movies, they will not have positive effects on the learners, and they cannot learn anything from the movie, even they won’t enjoy it. Furthermore, to comprehend the movies, the learner needs to know lots of English vocabulary with correct spelling and correct pronunciation (Zarei, 2008). “English movies can motivate students to learn vocabularies and understand the English language better "(Danan,
From the Genre Experiment 1 (blog post) assignment, I learned how to create a blog post. The Genre Experiment 1 also enabled me to obtain useful skills about conducting research. Through the Genre experiment 2 (movie review) assignment, I learned how to author a film review write-up. The knowledge I obtained through these writing exercises constitutes the information that I want to remember from the English 1010 course. In this essay, I will outline the specific knowledge that I obtained by tackling the five English 1010 assignments of Literacy Narrative, Rhetorical Analysis, Non-Academic Discourse, Genre Experiment 1 and Genre Experiment 2.
One of the easiest ways to convey information to the masses is to provide it in a movie. This form of story-telling connects with visual and auditory cues, keeping the viewer in the experience. With the viewer captured by the screen, the producers and actors are able to share a story and immerse the audience within the emotions and actions of the subject. Such a method is utilized when telling the history behind the education assimilation of Native people in the movies “Indian Horse”, “We Were Children”, and “Rabbit Proof Fence”. Each of these went into the effects of education assimilation on individuals, showing glimpses of the general effect on the tribal nations.
Techniques such as repetition, sentence length, and metaphoric diction are present in the literature, whereas acting and sound are used on the big screen. This narrative, told
Before the 19th century, English was not considered a discipline and the purpose of it is still debated. Throughout the years, new cultural, social, and philosophical trends have influenced the way English is taught and studied. During module 1, different videos were shown, and several readings were assigned that helped me to relate all the material. In this synthesis essay, I will describe what I learned throughout the videos and the readings by making connections among them.
This assignment addresses Information Skills because this class is all about researching different kinds of writings and poetry. In this case, we needed to do research on different kinds of screenplays. This was difficult for me since I 've never written a screenplay before. Plus, I didn 't have as much time as everyone else.
Unconscious Bias Morgan- Discussing unconscious bias discussed the shooting and everything going on in society. She is on a very diverse team. She feels very accepted. Believes she can bring up how she feels about things, like things going on in her life.
There are times in life when a person is told they are not satisfactory or that they will never complete their life long goals. The majority of these people submit to what people say; while others try to break their mold in society and overcome the societal oppressIon they face. Throughout the course of the year, there was an exponential amount of different pieces of literature that surfaced to prove no matter what the odds are, people can still break the cycle and win against society. Movies help in providing emotional or an influential impact on people in different forms.
All around the world, people are starting to understand history more and more clearly. This understanding comes with the help of portrayals of history, and historical events that lead us to where we are now. These portrayals vary in different forms such as movies, books, theatrical plays, etc. Be it literary or visual, having to experience these historical events is, truly, a privilege to the mind, and privileged by the mind. Movies help people understand history, or historical events in a different way than others.
Movies and dramas are some of the artistic innovations of the human beings. They remind us of the traditional beliefs, customs and the way of life. TV dramas, for instance, are one way of teaching people about their past using an entertaining approach where characters take different roles symbolically to pass a message to the audience. Movies however, make scenes vivid and emotional as they bring a clear picture of what happened using moving images. That said, movies make it easy for one to remember, especially on parts that they find interesting or scarring.
For hundreds of years, stories have been passed on from one person to another through the oral tradition and the visual arts. In our society today, film is the dominant form of storytelling. Films shape and inform our opinions of the world. Many people’s only source of information is from films. This can be harmful when the information is false or misguided.
As described above, film greatly influences society views. Vrasidas highlights that people learn to believe discrimination is ok and that stereotypes are accurate when seen in a film. As a result, students end up having to rely on their parents without receiving proper education on culture in school, which hasn’t been shown to work all of the time. That is to say, if films continue to teach culture using stereotypes students will continue to be uneducated and this will eventually create a divide in society formed by hate and misunderstanding.
The United States is a place of freedom. We are a mixing pot that unifies as one. Many religions, cultures, and languages make their home in the Unites States. Many foreigners see the U.S. as an opportunity to seek better lives and education, but when it comes to foreigners and native-born non-English speakers that do not yet know English, it becomes a little more difficult to go about an average day let alone make a better future. Children in school often become English Language Learners, or ELL, to assimilate to the American standards.
We can learn in the movies effects of cross-cultural risk and how people manage to negotiate. We can learn and follow up certain country risks- also known as political and economical risks that some certain countries encounter nowadays. Some scenes can create stereotypes that can affect managerial tasks, company activities in a way that they are unconsciously create a fixed thought in our mind about various ethnicities, countries, traits and etc.. In my opinion watching films cannot be an effective way of learning how to do business abroad because movies are a representation of ones thought or impression of how certain meetings and events are done and therefore they could contain stereotypes, cultural metaphore, and
Researches proved that people learn faster by visualizing ideas into their imaginations. Hence, people create movies in order to convey their ideas by showing a particular story or stories. As a quintessential example of film production companies, Walt Disney is classified as one of the “Big Six” film studios in Hollywood. Movies produced by Disney such as: Frozen, Pirates of the Caribbean, Toy Story, and The Lion King have been extremely popular for the past decade, and acquired billions of dollars in their box office gross. Disney’s films are fairly educational.
Being a visual medium of presentation, a film creates an instant, direct and more convincing impression on its audience fulfilling its dual purpose of entertaining as well as sensitizing the audience. A lot of movies based on social issues are now being made to create awareness among people about the issues besides entertaining the audience, which is perhaps the foremost purpose behind the making