USING TV PROGRAMS AS A TOOL IN THE EFL CLASSROOM

ENGLISH TIDBITS as presented  by Professor Malena Brenes

Centro Interamericano de Estudios de Posgrados

ULATINA 

USING TV PROGRAMS AS A TOOL IN THE EFL CLASSROOM 

In her educational blog, our colleague Professor Malena Brenes, presented some of the advantages and disadvantages as well as the implications of utilizing animated TV programs as a tool to expose ELL’s (English language learners) to the language.

 Professor Brenes based her article and presentation on  The Simpsons, a popular American animated TV series first broadcasted in 1989, and recommended that educators pay special attention to the content of the program prior to exposing students to it.  Furthermore, she suggested analyzing the vocabulary in views of avoiding frustration on the students’ part as a result of not understanding anything.

 Likewise, she mentioned the importance of not fostering bad habits in young learners as this program contains many scenes and examples of unacceptable social behavior.  If you are interested in more detailed information on this presentation, log on to www.malenabrenes.blogspot.com