All sessions are scheduled into rooms at the Convention Center unless otherwise noted. The presenters will show video clips of U.S. teacher trainers interacting with Egyptian EFL teachers. By analyzing the videos, the presenters will examine rich points in cultural difference. For EFL learners, interest may be high but merely watching an interviewee sitting in a chair does not provide sufficient clues to capture full meaning.
Handout demonstrates sample activities.
The presentation outlines an economical but fairly exhaustive categorization of exercises using film. This schema is presented by way of an interactive analysis of a single film scene. The presentation concludes with some assessment tools sensitive to specific environments and goals. In 1998, IMF austerity measures terminated study abroad for Korean students. A video course was designed to provide a genuine language learning and cross-cultural experience.