So why movies? ESL teachers have long recognized that movies bear a value which ignites an ESL student's potential to both acquire and learn English - with good reason! Movies radiate the artistry of language in ways that instantly immerse ESL students in profound depths of true-to-life vocabulary, syntax, pronunciation, slang/idioms, native culture, the four basic skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking), and the authority of verbal and writing fluency. Remember: Most questions on the lesson are easy for native speakers of English to answer, so the movie itself is the answer key.ĥ. Highlight or cut-and-paste content you plan to use.Ĥ. Within the lesson, decide which quotes, questions, and vocabulary to focus on. Estimate how you'll use available time for both watching and discussing the movie.ģ. Lesson and movie are in the same sequence.Ģ. Let's begin this journey with an overview of what's at Movies Grow English: - Quick Tips for Using Movie-Based ESL Lessons in the Classroom 1. So if I may, I'd like to welcome you to explore the landscape and perhaps share the dream. Here's a sneak peak at a complete Whole-Movie Lesson. Lessons are in the same order as the movie, so you'll know where you are and what to expect from start to finish. You'll discover that the design of a MGE lesson is consistent, transparent, and adaptable, making it easy to get the hang of its user-cool format. Movies Grow English combines the new wave of paper-free educational publishing with blended learning. You'll find an expanding catalog of more than 230 carefully-selected whole-movie and short-sequence ESL lessons, which can be delivered instantly in. What you'll find here, in a nutshell, is roughly 30,000 words of text (the equivalent of about 120 book pages) which discuss in detail the challenges and merits of showing movies in the ESL and EFL classroom. With MGE I get to share what I've learned, and I might even get paid a little for my time. Simply put, I have come to believe that movies have the power to accelerate language learning and retention like nothing else. This is why, in 2010, I founded Movies Grow English. And so my dream herein is to help each of my students achieve their dream. The dream they all share is to learn my language, English because English is the key to an even bigger dream - their personal dream. For many, the next step is graduate school. They are mostly college age or older, and mostly college bound in America. My students have come from many countries of the world. I've been a teacher of ESL (English as a Second Language) for nearly twenty years. Thank you for visiting Movies Grow English (MGE), and welcome to an ESL website where the magic of movies helps bring dreams to life. Return to the TOP of this Page Revised: Feb. PREVIEW the easy-to-use 5-9 page esl lesson. CLICK a poster to link its esl-lesson portal. ESL Lessons based on Awesome Movies **** About Movies Grow English****īROWSE the 156 movie posters below. A student at the USC International Academy.Īrigato, Momo.