This task gives students the opportunity to exchange their experiences and preferences with the cinema of their own and their partners’ country by producing an extract from a movie’ s dialogue from the partners’ country.
Institution reporting the task:
Language of task instructions:
English
Target Group:
Any
Level:
| A2 |
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| B1 |
| B2 |
References and acknowledgements:
None
Type:
Information exchange
Estimated Duration:
2 sessions
Topic:
Cinema
Tags:
| culture |
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| art |
| extract |
Acknowledgements:
None
Language Configurations:
Bilingual
Language(s) that the task can be used in:
Any
Dominant language production:
| Writing/reading asynchronous |
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| Speaking/listening asynchronous |
Target Competences:
| Language competence |
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| Intercultural skills |
Specific pedagogical objectives:
Development of students interest in cultural similarities and differences
Suggested Communication Tools:
| Asynchronous text |
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| Voice recording tools |
Suggested Resources:
A list of tutorials for Audacity about exporting audio files in an MP3 format:
http://quicktoots.linux-audio.com/toots/audacity/
http://en.flossmanuals.net/audacity/
Instructions:
Step 1 (preparation by the teacher):
- Create a closed forum (type Moodle)
- Form groups of four: one pair of students per country
Step 2 (research):
- Ask the students to develop a questionnaire (Word format) for their partners about the cinema of their country.
- The aim is to retrieve information about different movies (such as the title, names of the main actors etc.). The questions should be based on one of the following elements: a movie poster (without title) / a synopsis / a charade / Information on stage directions / actors / movie extract (title should not appear: teachers should extract the videos and put the links on the board)
- The participants post their questionnaires in the forum
- In the forum they can react to the responses of the questionnaire by commenting
Step 3 (production):
- Ask the students to choose an extract from a movie that they like from the country of the partner. The students have to reproduce the dialogue of this extract by recording it either alone or in a tandem (using software such as Audacity). After that they post the audio extract in the forum.
- The dialogue has to cover at least 40 words per person
- The partners try to recognize the extract posting comments in the forum
Step 4 (wrap-up in class):
Feedback on respecting the task instructions of the production, on the experiences with cinema from the partners’ country.
Learner Texts:
None
Document related to the task:
Criteria for Completion:
The participants could extract and reproduce a movie dialogue (minimum of 40 words per person) and exchange information and point of views on the cinema of the partners’ country via comments.
Comments and suggestions:
None
Author/copyright:
Le français en Première Ligne (2011-2012) Grenoble-Chypre. Groupe A : Alice Saphengthong, Marianne Legeay (en deux parties « Silence ça tourne ! »)