Cinema as a Didactic Support in Foreign Language Classroom

This article proposes a reflection on the pedagogical use of film in foreign languageclassroom, taking into account both the objectives of language learning and of film analysis. This isbased on the narrative specifics of cinema that have highly motivating characteristics for theforeign language learner. The analytical framework which is devoted to film the second part of thearticle can be viewed as an integrated learning path that develops activities focused on the elementsof the film, its historical and socio-cultural background and many tasks generating linguisticproductions.