Edutaiment-Teach through Lively Activities

The name of the post on which I commented is Paperman in the blog named Film English. I'm interested in it because the lesson plans allow language teachers to teach through lively activities. When learning a second language, I think motivation is of great importance to one's learning result during second language acquisition, especially for younger learners. In China, there is a very popular English private institution called New Oriental School. They have a Film English course for teenagers during every summer and winter vocation. The course is very popular among students because they can learn from fun compared to other traditional language classes.

In this blog, the author used an Oscar-nominated short film as teaching material to teach students how to write a narrative using specific tenses. The most enlightened part of this lesson plan is step 2, the author ask students to work together in small groups to write a prediction of the story development after showing the picture.

This step integrate writing, speaking and social communication skills together in a L2 class through a fun way. When discussing in the small groups, students can practice their oral English and learn to cooperate with each other first, then they have the chance to produce a written production which practice their writing skills.
As technologies develop more and more rapidly, it's time that educator learn to use multi-media in language classes. Film is one of a good ways to engage students in learning by lively activities. Edutaiment is absolutely a popular way in such a digital world nowadays.