• Joshi Shivani Prakashchandra
• Dr. Pratima Rai
• Dr. Anant Shukla

Considering the globalization of language and its transition, English has been playing an important role. Non-native speakers of the English language are nowadays required to master the skill of communicating in English. Since ESL students have inadequate exposure to native speakers and the natural ambiance for learning English as a secondary language, it gets difficult for them to acquire the skills. For, one of the suitable ways of learning the language is English movies as they provide a real-time experience of learning English. English movies are vibrant and can help its learners improve their verbal abilities to listen and speak; they can also strengthen language sensitivity, advance the literary accomplishment; further, it can also enhance and cultivate learning interests. Therefore, in most of the ESL classrooms, the trainers have been using English films in order to provide more exposure of English to the learners. English movies are more or less authentic material of teaching the paralinguistic skills in English: the accent, pitch, pronunciation, intonation etc. The film watching is an activity where the ambiance is created and the learner enters the environment of native speakers of English language. Watching English movies is a prevalent and authoritative tool for the learners to learn English as a second or foreign language. An English teacher can always provide comprehensive attention of students using the films. The main task that the teacher has to do is choosing the correct movie suitable for the topics and classroom teaching-learning. This paper mainly focuses on the influence of English films on learning English in ESL classrooms using audio-visual aids. The paper further focuses on common problems for English teaching as well as the difficulties needing consideration in making full use of functions of English films in English study.

Activities, English films and English language learning, authentic films, English films as pedagogical tools  

"Teaching English as a Second Language: Exploiting English Films as Pedagogical Tool", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 12, page no.f618-f623, December-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2212578.pdf

"Teaching English as a Second Language: Exploiting English Films as Pedagogical Tool", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 12, page no. ppf618-f623, December-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2212578.pdf