Short-movie As an Effective Media In ELS

 

Source: https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/how-can-film-help-you-teach-or-learn-english 


    Movies has become one of the entertainment media that is favored by almost all groups, including teenagers. Of course, movies have many genres and languages. Some movies have educational content so that they are good to be shown by teenagers who are still in school. Therefore, movies can be one of the media that can be applied in English lessons. But of course, not everyone agrees on this.

    Some people think that by watching movies, students become lazy. However, if students are given an educational spectacle, this can actually help students' thinking power. They will think critically about a movie that they watch. According to Trisnani et al., 2021 the application of critical thinking in the world of education is needed so that organizing students can make a productive contribution in society. They will try to capture the meaning implied in the movie, and they will get a moral message from the movie. Another positive thing that is obtained from watching films is that they will be imaginative and creative because of the movies they watch. They will also be motivated by the movies they watch. Implementing movie clip in English class makes an interesting atmosphere which improves not only students' motivation but also students' English proficiency (Syahrozi et al., 2019). Apart from these positives, I believe there are also many negatives side. But of course, if students are shown movies that are appropriate for their age, they will also not be carried away by these negative sides.

    Short movies can also be used as a media in learning English. Using movie as a text in the English classroom helps to level the playing field as most students are equally inexperienced in movie analysis (Hasanah, 2014). Through short movies, we as teachers can create creative and interesting learning innovations to develop students' speaking and listening skills for the Senior High School Students. Siska (2015) stated that one of the authentic media which can be used in teaching speaking is movie or film that reflects the real use of English language in daily life.  At the beginning of the lesson the teacher can show pictures from movies that may be quite famous and the students know it. When showing the pictures one by one, the teacher can ask questions about the title of the movie as an ice breaker before starting to get to the core of the learning material. The teacher can show a movie or clips that can motivate students such as, The Greatest Showman, Freedom Writers, and other films. The films watched are given English subtitles so that students who are less proficient in listening to dialogue in English can read the existing English subtitles. After that, students are divided into groups to discuss what message they get after watching the movie or footage that has been given. Then, still in groups, students were asked to give 'one' sentence which they thought was the most memorable to train their memory. Later, students are given the task in groups to choose one of the movies they know. Their task is that they have to present the results of their collaboration in front of the class to practice their speaking skills, the content of the presentation is about their opinion about the movie they choose, and what moral message they get after watching the movie.

References

Hasanah, A. (2014). USING FILMS AS MEDIA TO TEACH LITERATURE. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/43024755.pdf 

Siska. (2015). Using Film to Increase Motivation for Speaking in English Course Classroom. http://repo.stkip-pgri-sumbar.ac.id/id/eprint/3492/1/1287-3498-1-PB%281%29.pdf 

Trisnani, j. Purwanti, O. Mustofa, A. (2021). THE USE OF ANIMATED SHORT MOVIE IN TEACHING WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT TO FACILITATE STUDENTS CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS FOR EIGHTH GRADERS. https://journal.ipts.ac.id/index.php/ED/article/view/2382/1302 

Syahrozi, H. Rochsantiningsih, D. Indriyani P H, E. (2019). Improving Students' Motivation in Learning English Using Movie Clip. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ellisa-Indriyani-P-H 


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