El-Tawassol التواصل
Volume 25, Numéro 1, Pages 260-267
2020-04-23

Film As A Means For Teaching Civilization: Advantages And Challenges

Authors : Kharouni Nouara .

Abstract

Films have been widely accepted as useful and effective tools for teaching a foreign language because they motivate learners and give them exposure to an authentic language. Additionally, the rich culture content of film makes of it a valuable resource for teaching culture. This paper discusses the advantages of the film in the class of civilization and demonstrates that this medium can be an effective instructional material to reinforce the course objectives in terms of enriching students’ cultural knowledge and developing their critical thinking and intercultural competence. The paper also examines its limitations and how these can be reduced or overcome. Finally, it shows instructors how to make the best use of film to improve and vitalize their civilization lessons.

Keywords

film ; civilization class ; cultural knowledge ; intercultural competence ; critical thinking