ABSTRACT This article discusses the pedagogical opportunities to use film as a tool to supplement lecture and classroom learning activities in a pre-service teachers’ course in a Malaysian higher education setting. While the multicultural participants participated in two academic courses to learn how to teach spoken English to young learners, movie segments were usually introduced in the middle of lecture periods before the lecturer moved to another topic. Movie watching was connected to follow-up activities such as classroom discussion, and later in the second course, dramatic dialogue practices. Results indicated that film watching was effective in providing students with a healthy outlet for boredom or stress and refreshing moments to recharge their attention span. Furthermore, film watching was perceived as effective in promoting critical thinking and intercultural competence, resulting in attitudinal growth regarding openness to other cultures and different people. This study encourages the use of films during lecture periods to make the academic learning process fun and to provide significant opportunities to promote learners’ intercultural competence and expand their perspective of multiple educational and social issues, which is the essence of critical pedagogy.

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为多元文化职前教师整合娱乐和批判性教学法：在高等教育课堂上观看电影

摘要 本文讨论了在马来西亚高等教育环境中，在职前教师课程中使用电影作为工具来补充讲座和课堂学习活动的教学机会。虽然多元文化参与者参加了两门学术课程，以学习如何向年轻学习者教授英语口语，但通常在讲座期间的中间介绍电影片段，然后讲师转移到另一个主题。电影观看与课堂讨论等后续活动以及随后的第二门课程中的戏剧对话练习相关联。结果表明，看电影能有效地为学生提供一个健康的发泄方式，让他们摆脱无聊或压力，并提供清爽的时刻来恢复注意力。此外，人们认为看电影能有效地促进批判性思维和跨文化能力，从而提高对其他文化和不同人群的开放态度。本研究鼓励在讲座期间使用电影，使学术学习过程变得有趣，并提供重要的机会来提高学习者的跨文化能力并扩大他们对多种教育和社会问题的看法，这是批判性教学法的本质。