Using Short Films to Promote Multicultural Literature Elements: Teacher Candidates' Works Analyses

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Summary

This study explores the use of short films in Multicultural Literature courses among TESL teacher candidates at one Institute of Teacher Education (ITE) in Malaysia. Applying film production in the course, teacher candidates engaged themselves in producing short films; they created a plan, wrote a script, selected collaboration, practised and brainstormed steps, filmed, edited, and produced the works. Adopting a qualitative research design, the researcher conducted analyses of five short films produced by teacher candidates. The short films were analyzed using a priori coding of the five multicultural literature elements. As induced from the findings, teacher candidates not only gained ability in short film production but also made thoughtful content in the short films.

These positive results indicate that using short films in Multicultural Literature courses is beneficial where teacher candidates emotionally observe, empathize with and act in ways that may influence how they see themselves and the culture in which they live. Teacher candidates are hoped to experience positive change in their own world and thus extend it to their future pupils via the provision of English language instruction, which will be tailored to be more equitable for all pupils in primary ESL classrooms nationwide.

About the presenter

The presenter, Kee Li Li, Ph.D. is an English Lecturer at the Institute of Teacher Education Tun Hussein Onn Campus, Malaysia. Kee obtained her doctoral degree in the field of Teaching English as a Second Language from Universiti Putra Malaysia. Kee’s research interests are on ESL Writing, English Grammar, and Literature.