Audio-visual aids: movies

Movies are interesting to watch, and English is important to learn. Why don't we combine these two? Group 5 suggested using animation movie titled Cinderella to teach narrative speaking.


The students watch an excerpt of the movie and write the orientation, complication and resolution of the story in a table in the worksheet. This task is done in groups. After that, a member of each group retells the story in the short clip of the movie they have watched.

Interestingly, Group 5 not only taught the generic structure of narrative text, but also had the students explain the moral values in the story. This is in line with the agenda of the government in education: character building should be taught in addition to science and knowledge. By having the students explain the moral values, the teacher transfers knowledge as well as good characters to the students.