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Screening Languages: Short films for MFL Mark Reid BFI Education [email protected]

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Screening Languages:Short films for MFL

Mark Reid BFI Education [email protected]

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archive and library

cinematheque

Festivals

film production and distribution

Publishing

Education

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And BFI Education

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And for Languages…

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Screeninglanguages.org

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2008/09 French shorts Cineminis DVDEsmee Fairbairn research with IoE on Year 8 French

Reframing Languages

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Working with…

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• 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

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Developing…

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Pupils•The 4 skill areas•Cultural awareness•Engagement and motivation•Confidence

Teachers•Subject knowledge•Pedagogic knowledge•Confidence •Professional satisfaction

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Producing…

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• 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

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Why film?

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Why film?

‘Comprehensible input’ and ‘forms of life’

Culturally rich language context

Engagement for children

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Why shorts?

• New to children

• Manageability

• High quality- cinematic

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Shorts pedagogy

• ‘Tell Me’ grids - in target language

• Hiding and revealing

• Stopping and starting

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character setting

StoryQu’est-ce qu’il se passe

Mood

ambience

Qui? Ou? Quand?

‘Tell Me’ grids

Aidan Chambers/ CLPE

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(Hide the screen and play the DVD, Mark)

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puzzles patterns

surprises predictions

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Value for Teachers

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• 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

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Value for Pupils

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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

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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)

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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

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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 - [email protected]

• ALL yahoo group on using film via Helen Myers• BFI Southbank and Sheffield Showroom cinema days

on using film with MFL at KS2-KS5

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http://screeninglanguages.wordpress.com

Launch BFI Southbank 23rd November 2pm