Using Science Fiction Films to Encourage Speaking Skills

利用科幻影片鼓勵學生培養英文口語技巧

10.7109/HKJELL.200807.0087

胡迪(Timothy R. Fox)

語言教學 ； 會話 ； 課堂活動 ； 科幻小說 ； 星艦奇航 ； Language teaching ； conversation ； classroom activities ； science fiction ； Star Trek

Hwa Kang Journal of English Language & Literature

14期（2008 / 07 / 01）

87 - 100

英文

本文主要在介紹三種課堂活動，教師可藉由此活動來鼓勵學生開口說英文。每個活動都是以美國相當受歡迎的科幻影集為主題，不過這裡所建議的活動都可以輕易的和其他科幻電影做結合。這三種課堂活動是針對自初學者至進階者，各種不同程度的學生所設計。

This paper introduces three classroom activities that teachers can use to encourage students to speak English. Each activity is centered on a popular American science fiction television program, but the exercises suggested here can work just as easily with many other science fiction films. These three classroom activities are designed for all skill levels of students, from beginners to advanced learners.

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