Dead Poets' Society: What Can Students Learn From a Film Viewing?

本文設計一項問卷，調查中國文化大學八十五學年度修習「大一英文」與「英文實習」之四班學生，對「春風化雨」(Dead Poets Society)影片作爲英語輔助教學之意見。問卷中五個封閉式問題之發現爲：一、84.17%之受訪學生同意該影片有助於英語之學習；二、68.09%認爲過去曾試著聽英語而不完全依賴中文字幕；三、79.19%認爲自影片教學後已開始養成聽英語而不完全依賴中文字幕之習慣；四、60%認爲演講式教學與影片教學並用，最能增進英文之學習，30.95%認爲演講式教學，9.05%認爲影片教學，最能增進英文之學習；五、高達90%之學生認爲「春風化雨」影片適合作爲英語輔助教學。問卷中之一個開放式的問題，要求學生列舉五點，最能從「春風化雨」影片中學習到之事物。本文之問卷結果，發現學生的意見，與英語教學學者所主張之影片作爲輔助教學的優點，大抵不謀而合。

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A five-question questionnaire along with an open-ended question is designed here to examine the viewpoints of students at the Chinese Culture University regarding the in- class viewing of the film Dead Poets' Soceity in the videotape format. The student responses to the five doze-type questions indicate that: 1.) 84.17 percent of the students agreed that this film could have been helpful to their efforts to learn English; 2.) 68.09 percent admitted to watching English-speaking movies by listening to the dialogues without completely relying on the Chinese subtitles; 3.) 76.19 percent thought they had begun to adopt new viewing habits that focus on listening after watching video activities in class; 4.) 60 percent believed that the combination of teacher-centered activities and film viewing could promote their English learning, while 30.95 percent emphasized the importance of the latter activity, and merely 9.05 percent gave strong support to the former as a good way toward English proficiency; 5.) As high as 90 percent of the students thought that Dead Poets' Society was a suitable film for an English language class to view. Student responses to the open-ended question: ”What can you learn from this film?” are classified under four main categories: Language, Motivation, Culture and Miscellaneous. The findings of the open-ended question have much in common with the seven-point advantages of film viewing in the English classroom as espoused by most EFL theorists.

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