I learned from last class and enjoyed it.
Beside learnning other things, one of the things which realy cought my interest was the video clip of the Vietnami man who was speaking in Amercan accent. He was amazing as he said he learned English through watching American movies.
I wondered how he could learn a language only by watching movies. Later on, I said to my self "Wait !" "Hove you not learned Urdu in this way?" The answer is "yes!". I learned Urdu to that extent that I can almost fully understand, and can talk it to some extent, and even I can read it.
Part of the reason behind this kind of learning is exposure to that language whether willingly or unwillingly, and part of the reason is Motivation. Which means if one is really interested in a language or he/she is exposed to that language, he/she will learn it but in a very long run.
In my case, my father was interested in watching Hindi movies and listening to Hindi songs which was a kind of exposure to this language for me. Then when I was young enough, I was also interested in watching this movies and listening to their songs.
I learned form this that it is really important and effective for ESL esp. for EFL learners who do not have exposure to pragmatics and native communication to watch movies and listen to songs and anything of this kind to improve their oral and aural communicative skills.
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not only are movies good for EFL students but also can be a motivating tool for some students. Movies, songs, tv shows can be incorporated into the classroom and even outside of the classroom because students spend so much time outside of the classroom it is important to give them tools to further their own education.
I'm glad you enjoyed the clip. I posted my analysis of this fantastic man's English abilities on my blog entry and yes, i agree with your comments. One thing which i think is even more important than movies is, as you pointed out, motivation and willingness. English learners may watch a lot of American movies, but if they don't feel confident enough to use the language they learn from watching movies, they sure will never be able to master it.
Also, i like your last comment about using movies to teach pragmatics in EFL setting. This could have been a good topic for multi-genre research paper. What a pity we've gone too far to have anything changed...
By the way, just a quick reminder of the spelling of the adjective word for Vietnam: we use Vietnamese instead of Vietnami =). I don't mean anything here, just want to remind so that you know it. I know its not easy to know which suffix goes with which country name in English though. ^_^
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