Developing Students’ Media Literacy in the English Language Teaching Context

Author

Olga S. Dvorghetsa,*, Yelena A. Shaturnayab

Year

2015

Publisher

Elsevier Lmt

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Abstract

The article centers around the idea of developing students’ media literacy through integrating English and American mass media
resources (multimedia form) into the English classroom. It is based on teaching experience at Dostoyevsky Omsk State
University where the module ‘Mass Media Analysis and Interpretation’ has been incorporated into the practical course of English
language teaching (ELT). According to the suggested approach, multimedia texts analysis and interpretation allow students to
access, analyze, and evaluate various kinds of British and American mass media – TV news programs, talk shows, movies, etc.
The article is illustrated with recent examples of the mass media incorporated in the media-oriented classroom. The writer shares
her own experience of designing methods for media analysis in terms of cultural, political, ideological, and socioeconomic
implication.

Keywords

Analysis; debates; interpretation; mass media; media-oriented classroom; syllabus

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