There are some good movies about high school English teachers that
occasionally touch on language, though they mostly focus on the difficulties
of working with teens or trying to keep one's integrity in an undervalued
profession. Two good ones that come to mind are _Up The Down Staircase_ and
_Blackboard Jungle_.
I'm not sure, Liz, if this is the sort of film you were asking about in your
posting.
Paul E. Doniger
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From: Max Morenberg <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: Films and Grammar
> Liz, I don't know of a film relating specifically to grammar, and I
> don't know exactly what your course content is. But a film about
> literacy that I love and always show in classes that touch on that
> subject, is EDUCATING RITA, with Michael Caine and Julie Walters.
> It's about a working-class English woman (she's a hairdresser) who
> comes to the university at 26. As you may imagine, university
> literacy changes her life. In part, it relates to changing dialect,
> and it certainly relates to improving her writing skills and to
> learning how to read canonical literature. Not specifically grammar,
> but tangential. I've never shown it in a "grammar" course, but I've
> often shown it in a history of the language course, when we reach the
> section on how the printing press and the spread of literacy change
> language. Whether it fits your course or not, I recommend the movie.
>
> Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Max
>
>
>
>
> >Many of you gave me helpful suggestions for texts to use in a
> >graduate-level "grammar for teachers" class I'm teaching this fall. I'm
> >wondering if and how any of you use film--both documentaries and
> >popular--to illustrate or convey course content.....I look forward to
> >hearing your ideas! Liz Spalding
> >Dr. Elizabeth Spalding
> >Assistant Professor
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