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ERIC Number: EJ150386
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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Adapting the Commercial Feature Film to the ESOL Student
Parker, Douglas V.
English Language Teaching Journal, 31, 1, 23-29, Oct 76
Most modern language teachers consider commercial films prepared for native speakers of the target language useful as a teaching device only for advanced students. The results of an analysis of the vocabulary content of "High Tide at Noon" seem to indicate that any student with a basic English vocabulary could follow the script. (CFM)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, English (Second Language), Film Criticism, Film Study, Films, Foreign Language Films, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary, Word Frequency
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