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Screening Languages:Short films for MFL
Mark Reid BFI Education mark.reid@bfi.org.uk
archive and library
cinematheque
Festivals
film production and distribution
Publishing
Education
And BFI Education
And for Languages…
Screeninglanguages.org
2008/09 French shorts Cineminis DVDEsmee Fairbairn research with IoE on Year 8 French
Reframing Languages
Working with…
• 7 schools/ 10 teachers• Hounslow, Barking &
Dagenham, Barnet, Lambeth, E-ACT
• Year 7/8 • French, Spanish, German
17 schools/ 22 teachers
8 LAs, 2 academy chains
Cross-KS3
French, Spanish, German, Mandarin, Turkish, Arabic
Year 1 Year 2
892 pupils over 2 years
Developing…
Pupils•The 4 skill areas•Cultural awareness•Engagement and motivation•Confidence
Teachers•Subject knowledge•Pedagogic knowledge•Confidence •Professional satisfaction
Producing…
• 57 Schemes of Work/ 150 lessons• 7 CPD days• 7 ITT sessions• 36 lesson observations• 15 Reflective Logs and 22 blog posts• www.screeninglanguages.org
Why film?
Why film?
‘Comprehensible input’ and ‘forms of life’
Culturally rich language context
Engagement for children
Why shorts?
• New to children
• Manageability
• High quality- cinematic
Shorts pedagogy
• ‘Tell Me’ grids - in target language
• Hiding and revealing
• Stopping and starting
character setting
StoryQu’est-ce qu’il se passe
Mood
ambience
Qui? Ou? Quand?
‘Tell Me’ grids
Aidan Chambers/ CLPE
(Hide the screen and play the DVD, Mark)
puzzles patterns
surprises predictions
Value for Teachers
• New pedagogical knowledge and approaches• Confidence in exploring film as a cultural
medium• Changed expectations of pupils• Greater cultural awareness in their teaching• Confidence to take risks - experimentation• Imagination and originality• Motivation and professional development
Value for Pupils
Value for Pupils
• Improved motivation towards learning another language• Improved attainment in listening, speaking, reading and writing• Develops cultural knowledge and interest in film as a cultural form
Speaking skillsduring viewing
• Learners report phrases with or without help of teacher/sub-title e.g. on poster or PP
• ‘Predictive speech’ - what is he/she going to say/do?
• Learner originated questions• Descriptions and summaries while the
film is running (no sound)
Speaking skillsafter viewing
• Discussion of film – likes/dislikes re characters, aspects of film
• Information gap activities and role play• Storyboard - continuing the story, alternative
endings• Guessing games: describing characters/events• Re-sequencing mixed-up stills from film,
relating correct sequence
Film resources for MFL• Kirikou et la Sorciere (1998, Fr, West African, BFI
films; dir Michel Ocelot); also Azur and Azmar/ The Prince’s Quest by same director
• BFI shorts: Starting Stories 1&2 and Story Shorts 1&2
• Cine-minis DVD• DVD of Courts Metrages: Courts de Recre and
Enfantillages, Institut Francais - celine.cordier@diplomatie.gouv.fr
• ALL yahoo group on using film via Helen Myers• BFI Southbank and Sheffield Showroom cinema days
on using film with MFL at KS2-KS5
http://screeninglanguages.wordpress.com
Launch BFI Southbank 23rd November 2pm
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