Location
University at Albany, Humanities 290
Start Date
6-10-2017 1:30 PM
End Date
6-10-2017 2:00 PM
Description
Cinematographic resources as meaningful affordances in a foreign language class.” In this presentation, Osborne will discuss a proposal for use of films as works of art in foreign languages classes. She will show how cinematographic features (e.g., sound, color, lighting, camera angles, mise-en-scène) and their implication for film narrative − rarely emphasized in foreign language classrooms − can be a powerful tool to engage students in a dialogical and ecological construction of knowledge. Consideration of cinematographic features in scenes from the Brazilian Portuguese films Abril Despedaçado (Cohn & Salles, 2001) and Raízes e Asas (Cabral & Pimenta, 2011), and how these features can be explored dialogically in the Portuguese classrooms, will be presented. She will also provide data collected from her students, showing the positive impact of this type of approach on their learning.
Cinematographic Resources as Meaningful Affordances in a Foreign Language Class
University at Albany, Humanities 290
Cinematographic resources as meaningful affordances in a foreign language class.” In this presentation, Osborne will discuss a proposal for use of films as works of art in foreign languages classes. She will show how cinematographic features (e.g., sound, color, lighting, camera angles, mise-en-scène) and their implication for film narrative − rarely emphasized in foreign language classrooms − can be a powerful tool to engage students in a dialogical and ecological construction of knowledge. Consideration of cinematographic features in scenes from the Brazilian Portuguese films Abril Despedaçado (Cohn & Salles, 2001) and Raízes e Asas (Cabral & Pimenta, 2011), and how these features can be explored dialogically in the Portuguese classrooms, will be presented. She will also provide data collected from her students, showing the positive impact of this type of approach on their learning.
Speaker Information
Denise M. Osborne is a Lecturer in Portuguese at the University at Albany, SUNY. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, and her Masters from Teachers College Columbia University in Applied Linguistics. Her research interests include second language acquisition (phonetics and phonology), and second language teaching and learning, including the application of cinema as art and drama techniques in the teaching of a second language. Regarding the application of cinema in the classroom, she has published an article entitled “Storyboard as a Pre-Activity for Brazilian Portuguese Films” (Portuguese Language Journal) and has a second article entitled “Learning Portuguese through the Art of Film” currently under revision.