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From: Caroline Door <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 3:28 PM
Subject: Using film with students of A-level German
> Dear Linguanetters
>
> The following event is being organised by the British Film Institute
> and might be of interest to teachers and students of A-level German.
> Text has been supplied by BFI Education and further details can be
> obtained from their website: www.bfi.org.uk/education.
>
> Run Lola Run
> Thursday 31 January 2002
> 10.30-13.00
> Venue: National Film Theatre 2
> £3.50/student, accompanying adults free (but must book places)
> This is the first ever film presentation for German A-level students
> at the National Film Theatre. It is part of a wider strategy to
> encourage students and teachers to use film in the modern language
> classroom.
> This funky fast-moving film from the New German cinema movement was
> Oscar-nominated for the best foreign film award. It traces a day in
> the life of a young, dynamic woman in Berlin who has just 20 minutes
> to come up with a solution to a very serious problem. The film plays
> out three versions of her journey across Berlin that reveal slight
> changes in her character and the outcome. These slight repetitions are
> very useful for language learning. Students will be introduce to some
> very hip German slang. This is a youth picture in both style and
> content and contains some very interesting intertextual references to
> other youth-orientated films.
> The presentation will outline the major themes and stylistic features
> and will highlight the most significant elements to look out for.
> There will be a question and answer session after the film.
> The entire morning will be presented in German (with English
> translation available)
>
>
> Teachers of German who would like to incorporate film into their
> lessons might be interested in Deutschland im Spiegel seiner Filme,
> edited by Martin Brady and Helen Hughes, which is published by CILT in
> association with the Association of Modern German Studies. Details of
> this book can be found on the CILT site at:
> http://www.cilt.org.uk/publications/higher.htm#spiegel
>
> Caroline Door
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