Today I found a video about French learning in Youtube, whose title is Learning French with Harry Potter. (https://youtu.be/PNbajHhBL8M) The video is a section of the movie “Harry Potter”, but is dubbed with French and has both English and French title. The reason why I chose this video is that watching movie is a very interesting activity for students. Compared with learning knowledge from a textbook, it is no doubt that the students can better enjoy the process of French learning while watching movies. Also, I think watching movies is a good way to learn a language. Watching movies in other language can put what you have learned into practice. For example, if you are a beginner of French learning, you can choose some movies with French captions and try to keep up with the speed of the actors. It is a good way for you to practice your reaction to the language. Next, you can try to watch the movie in French without captions. Also, French dubbing is one of the learning activities in our French course. Therefore, watching this video is also a good way for the students to get familiar with dubbing, and they can learn from the video about how to pronounce French correctly and speak French with emotion. After watching the video, I intend to ask them to do some dubbing in the app themselves so that they can practice and finish the assignment. Some of the students might be more interested in watching other kinds of movies. They can also search for the movies they like. I think this video and the following activity will not be a burden for the students. On the contrary, they can make the students more motivated in French learning. For me, language learning is more about practice but not theory, which means that you should use it after you learn it. I hope the students can learn the skills of speaking French as well as to find the pleasure of learning a language through the video.
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