Using Film and Media in the Language Classroom

Carmen Herrero is Principal Lecturer and Spanish Section Lead in the Department of Languages, Information and Communications at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. She is Director of FLAME (Research Group for Film, Languages and Media Education) (www2.mmu.ac.uk/languages/flame/) and has co-founded the Film in Language Teaching Association (www.filta.org.uk). She has published widely on Spanish film and the use of film in language teaching.Isabelle Vanderschelden is Senior Lecturer and French Section Lead in the Department of Languages, Information and Communications at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. She has published widely on French film including a film study guide on Amelie (IB Tauris, 2007) and Studying French Cinema (Auteur, 2013). She is a co-founder of FILTA and a member of FLAME.

• Carmen Herrero and Isabelle Vanderschelden: IntroductionPart I. Film Literacy and LanguagesChapter 1. Kieran Donaghy: Using Film to Teach Languages in a World of ScreensPart II. Multilingualism, Intercultural Awareness and CompetenceChapter 2. Brian Tomlinson: Developing Intercultural Awareness through Reflected Experience of Films and Other Visual MediaChapter 3. Isabella Seeger: Addressing 'Super-Diversity' in the Language Classroom through Film and Peer-Generated YouTube ContentChapter 4. Anne-Laure Dubrac : Playing the Part: Media Re-Enactments as Tools for Learning Second LanguagesPart III. Audio-visual Translation and SubtitlingChapter 5. Melissa Cokely and Carmen Muñoz: Vocabulary Acquisition through Captioned Videos and Visual PromptsChapter 6. Joan C. Mora and Eva Cerviño-Povedano: The Effects of Bimodal L2 Input on the Processing of Function Words by Spanish EFL Learners: an Eye-Tracking StudyChapter 7. Anca Daniela Frumuselu: A Friend in Need Is a Film Indeed'. Teaching Colloquial Expressions through Television Series and SubtitlingChapter 8. Rosa Alonso Pérez: Enhancing Student Motivation through Film Subtitling ProjectsChapter 9. Juan Pedro Rica Peromingo and Ángela Sáenz Herrero: Audiovisual Translation (AVT) Modes as a L2 Learning Pedagogical Tool: Traditional Modes and Linguistic AccessibilityPart IV. Teacher Training and ResourcesChapter 10. Jelena Bobkina and Elena Dominguez: Teaching the Teachers: Double Proposals/Film-based Teaching in Higher EducationChapter 11. Mark Goodwin: An Analysis of The Success of the ‘Cultural Topic’ at A LevelChapter 12. Stavroula Sokoli and Patrick Zabalbeascoa Terrán: Clipflair In Language Learning: Theory and PracticeAfterword. Carmen Herrero: Present and Future Directions for Video, Film and Audiovisual Media in Language Teaching

Using Film and Media in the Language Classroom is a volume that gathers new methodological trends and research proposals for practitioners and scholars interested in the use of audiovisual materials in foreign language education. It constitutes an updated and necessary reference for anybody attracted to this field, be it from a teaching, learning or research perspective.