> cross posted from H-NET
> From: Emmanuel Yewah, Albion
> College[SMTP:EYEWAH@ALPHA.ALBION.EDU]
> From: Carmela Garritano < grritano@h-net.msu.edu>
>
> The African Media Program at Michigan State University needs your
> help! We would like to know:
>
> titles (and distributors) of any African films you use
> for teaching Swahili, French or English language and literature;
> approaches you use to incorporate film in language and
> literature courses;
>
> Your suggestions would be used (with credit to you) in a workshop,
> in
> conjunction with Xavier University of Louisiana, on African Film
> and
> Video for Teaching French, English, and Swahili Language and
> Literature. The workshop is designed to strengthen and improve
> undergraduate instruction by providing college faculty with methods
> and strategies for incorporating high quality African film and video
> into
> language and literature instruction at all levels.
>
> Workshop participants will:
> view African film and video;
> attend presentations on the use of narrative and ethnographic
> film in French, English, and Swahili language and literature
> instruction, and
> receive curricular materials on using African film in
> undergraduate
> language and literature classrooms at all
> instructional levels.
>
> This workshop grows out of our belief that African film offers
> language students at all levels opportunities to see and hear
> French, English,
> and Swahili used in the context of African cultures. Most
> importantly,
> the implementation of African film in the classroom gives students a
> sense of authentic language usage that is not easily conveyed in
> standard
> instructional materials. The incorporation of ethnographic and
> feature film into foreign language and literature instruction is not
> intended
> to replace aspects of pedagogy already in place, but to provide
> additional tools for language learning at introductory, intermediate,
> and
> advanced levels. African film provides a valuable resource for
> teaching
> language students about the African cultures in which French,
> English, and
> Swahili speakers live.
>
> Workshop activities include:
> a discussion of the pedagogical and practical issues surrounding
> the use of African film in language and literature instruction;
> concurrent sessions devoted to specific applications of African
> film in French, Swahili, and English courses;
> plenary sessions on African media for both Africanist and
> non-Africanist instructors of language and literature;
> film showings to provide participants with the opportunity to
> view African media.
>
> If you would like information about attending the workshop, or if
> you
> have suggestions about Swahili films, please contact Carmela
> Garritano at
> garritan@pilot.msu.edu or John Metzler at Metzler@pilot.msu.edu.
>
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