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How to Pre-Teach Film Vocabulary Without Spoili...

Here is the tension every film unit teacher knows: students need vocabulary before the film starts, but the best way to introduce pre-film vocabulary is to tell them what the...

How to Pre-Teach Film Vocabulary Without Spoili...

Here is the tension every film unit teacher knows: students need vocabulary before the film starts, but the best way to introduce pre-film vocabulary is to tell them what the...

When Your Department Thinks Film Is a Reward, N...

It usually happens in the copy room. You mention that you're doing a film unit and a colleague gives you the look. The one that says: that's nice, but when...

When Your Department Thinks Film Is a Reward, N...

It usually happens in the copy room. You mention that you're doing a film unit and a colleague gives you the look. The one that says: that's nice, but when...

Tú, Usted, Tu, Vous, Du, Sie — How to Teach Reg...

The Moment the Rule Fails You taught it. You explained it clearly. Tu is informal, vous is formal. Tú is everyday speech, usted is for bosses and grandmothers. Du is...

Tú, Usted, Tu, Vous, Du, Sie — How to Teach Reg...

The Moment the Rule Fails You taught it. You explained it clearly. Tu is informal, vous is formal. Tú is everyday speech, usted is for bosses and grandmothers. Du is...

When Students Disagree About What They Heard — ...

Two Students. Same Scene. Completely Different Answers. You pause the film. A tense exchange just happened — two characters, overlapping dialogue, one of them walking away. You ask: "What did...

When Students Disagree About What They Heard — ...

Two Students. Same Scene. Completely Different Answers. You pause the film. A tense exchange just happened — two characters, overlapping dialogue, one of them walking away. You ask: "What did...

No Target-Language Subtitles Available — What Now?

There is a specific frustration that comes up in language teacher forums so consistently it almost has its own genre. Someone has found the perfect film — the right story,...

No Target-Language Subtitles Available — What Now?

There is a specific frustration that comes up in language teacher forums so consistently it almost has its own genre. Someone has found the perfect film — the right story,...

Students Loved the Film. They Hate the Language...

You know the feeling. You press play and something clicks. The class is in it — leaning forward, reacting out loud, actually engaged. Then the film ends, you hand out...

Students Loved the Film. They Hate the Language...

You know the feeling. You press play and something clicks. The class is in it — leaning forward, reacting out loud, actually engaged. Then the film ends, you hand out...

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