ATEM EAST-JAPAN CHAPTER PRESENTS A SPECIAL WEBINAR
Date: Sunday, October 3rd, 2021
Opening Ceremony / remarks (開会式) 9:00-9:05am
Chair / Host: Barry Kavanagh (Tohoku University)
The Film in Language Teaching Association (FILTA) and the research Group Film, Languages and Media in Education (FLAME). Presentation, networking and collaborative projects (Dr Carmen Herrero and Dr Isabelle Vanderschelden)
Abstract: This session will offer a brief overview of the Film in Language Teaching Association (FILTA) and will introduce some of the case studies and research carried out over the last five years by the Manchester Metropolitan research group Film, Languages and Media in Education (FLAME). Taking into account the growing significance of visual cultures in education, especially the increased popularity of streaming services and the video sharing site YouTube since the start of the pandemic, this session will pay particular attention to the project Transmedia in Education: New Approaches to Transmedia and Language Pedagogy. The final part of this talk will invite participants to discuss possible collaboration opportunities.
Dr Carmen Herrero is Principal Lecturer in Spanish in the Department of Languages, Information and Communications at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. She is director of the research group Film, Languages and Media Education [FLAME] (www2.mmu.ac.uk/languages/ flame/). Carmen is the co-founder and co-director of the Film in Language Teaching Association (www.filta.org.uk). Her research focuses on educational research, film pedagogy, and Screen studies.She has published widely on Spanish film and the use of film in language teaching, including the book Using Film and Media in the Language Classroom, eds. Herrero and Vanderschelden (Multilingual Matters, 2019).
Dr Isabelle Vanderschelden is an independent researcher. She has published widely on French cinema and use of film in language teaching, including Amelie (IB Tauris, 2007) and Studying French Cinema (Auteur, 2013). She is a co-founder of FILTA and a member of FLAME. With Dr Herrero, she has been involved in the AHRC Open World Research Initiative Cross-Language Dynamics: Reshaping Community with a project on Language Teaching Training and Transmedia Pedagogy (www.transmediaineducation.com)