Captioned Movie Based EFL Learning

Abstract

The purpose of the present MA paper was to develop materials based on feature films to teach informal language to the students of intermediate level learning English as a foreign language. This course creates a setting for students to develop critical thinking and discussing the movie content, freely express and share opinions. The materials can be used in any educational center providing General and Communicational English courses to intermediate level learners. For the above-mentioned purpose the films have been selected and the materials have been developed for a ten weeks course. The films have been selected based on the needs assessment conducted among intermediate level English language learners of a telecommunication company. During the film selection process preferences of the pre-intermediate level learners have been taken into consideration. This paper was initially planned to be presented as a thesis including research and a thorough analyses of the results. However, it has been remodeled into a project, yet the sessions were piloted for a group of intermediate level learners of English at a learning center for a group of telecommunication company employees. The paper includes full course of Lesson plans for each session, handouts, activity handouts, caption movies in English, as well as teacher’s observations and recommendations based on the piloted session outcomes. The paper contains recommendations for the future teachers of the course as to how to use the suggested materials.