C. Media in Language Teaching Learning
1. Movie
a. Definitions of Movie
Due to the increasing importance of visual and media images, Kress defined movie in Chan and Herrero‘s book that ―Films or movies have a great
potential in the language classroom, as they bring ‗together a large variety of modes‘.‖
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It means films are rich multimodal texts containing linguistic meaning in teaching and learning process. According to Susilana and Riyana stated movie,
also called a motion pictures, is a series of still images which, when shown on a screen, creates the illusion of moving images due to the phi phenomenon.
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It shows that motion makes videos and movies unique and life-like and movie is a
medium that presents audio-visual message and movement. Therefore, movie gives the impression and impressive for viewers. Further, based on book of
―Teaching with Movies‖, The F.I.L.M Project stated movies are the way of telling the story by using modern instrument for people to communicate information and
ideas, and they show us places and ways of life we might not otherwise know in this era.
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Meanwhile, Azhar defined movie as picture in a frame where frame by frame is projected through the projector lens mechanically so that the pictures in
the screen looks alive.
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It means that movie as a series of connected cinematographic images projected on a screen. Sadiman, et. al., said that movie
also is an effective media in teaching learning process because it stimulates students both receptive skills listening and reading and productive skills
speaking and writing by seeing the pictures and listening to the audio.
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Deborah Chan and Dr. Carmen Herrero, Using Film to Teach Languages, Manchester: Courner House and Routes into Languages North West, 2010, p. 11.
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Rudi Susilana and Cepi Riyana, Media Pembelajaran, Bandung: Jurusan Kurtekpend FIP UPI, 2008, p. 19.
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The F.I.LM. Project, Teaching with Movies: A guide for Parents and Educators, National Collaboration for Youth, No Year, p. 4.
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Azhar Arsyad, Media Pembelajaran, Jakarta: Rajawali Pers, 2010, p. 49.
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Arief S. Sadiman, et al., Media Pendidikan: Pengertian, Pengembangan dan Pemanfaatannya, Jakarta: Rajawali Pers, 2009, p. 67.
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