U.S. Culture through Film for ESL

This book is a collection of four film guides intended for use in an adult ESL classroom environment. The materials are appropriate for high-intermediate and advanced English language learners. All four film guides include essential vocabulary sections, brief cultural notes, discussion questions for previewing purposes, extensive listening comprehension questions, and subjective discussion questions. The book includes a skeleton lesson plan for using the film guides as well.

This book contains approximately 12 hours of class activities.

This book will help ESL learners:
-Strengthen connections between sounds and words
-Increase discrete listening ability and improve overall listening ability
-Express opinions on subjective content
-Improve reading comprehension
-Acquire new academic vocabulary, slang, and idioms
-Learn about and discuss various aspects of U.S. and world culture
-Exercise critical thinking skills
-Refine inference skills
-Identify and discuss themes
-Recognize and consider different opinions
-Develop ability to think subjectively in a second language