The importance of using movies in EFL classrooms

Maya Daraselia; Tamar Jojua

Authors

Maya Daraselia PhD in Philology
Tamar Jojua PhD in Education

Keywords:

EFL classrooms, English, foreign language, human activities, movies

Abstract

To improve EFL learners’ language skills, it is approved to integrate movies in the teaching/learning, systematically using words, phrases and different speech patterns learned from movies in communicative situations . All the techniques for working with movies and TV shows are fun and effective. However, while such training is enjoyable, it takes time, patience, effort and reasonable approaches.

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