The start

I have been thinking about the possibility of using movies as a support to teach English since earlier this year. For teens in special movies are very appealing. Main problem was to find a movie that could be appealing for girls and boys. Girls like drama and romance. However, boy enjoy actions and horror. Girls do like it too, but the other way around is not true for boys. I thought Twilight gave a little bit of every genre - romance, drama, action, horror, fantasy, and so on. Apart from this aspect, the movie has the support of the book, rich in language itself. Too advanced for beginners though. Adapting wouldn't be a problem to encorage reading. I wonder if ESL/EFL publishers would be interested in adpating the SAGA themselves. Anyway, another interesting thing is the cultural aspect - high school teens living in a commom city in Washington State - not Washington DC as some students assume. We can also compare life in different parts of the STates based on the characteres overview and experiences. So, this is the start. Last June, I bought the double DVDs and couple of books. The challenge has begun already.