Using Films As Teaching Materials In The Course Of Civilization: Teachers’ And Learners’ Perspectives

Résumé: This paper aims to examine students’ and teachers’ perceptions of integrating films in the course of civilization as a means to reinforce the course objectives in terms of enhancing students’ culture learning and critical thinking at the Department of English of Bejaia University. Two research instruments were used for collecting data: students’ questionnaire to enquire about their perceptions and attitudes towards learning civilization with film and teachers’ interview to find out whether films have a place in their classes of civilization and their idea on the potential of film to teach civilization. The qualitative and quantitative data obtained reveal all the students and most of the interviewed teachers are in favour of integrating films in cultural instruction. Yet, there appears a mismatch between the students’ high interest in learning with multimedia and the traditional materials the instructors use in the classroom.

Publié dans la revue: Journal of Studies in Language, Culture and Society (JSLCS)