“FILM CLUB” AS THE INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY IN PRE-SERVICE ENGLISH TEACHERS TRAINING

Abstract

The article focuses on the theoretical substantiation of using the “film club” interactive technology as a relevant and effective tool for interactive learning in pre-service English teachers’ training. The aim of the presented study is to define the term interactive learning, provide its characteristics, ground the importance of the usage and suggest selection criteria of authentic videos in the integrated formation of professional foreign language communicative and methodological competencies of pre-service English teachers. It also outlines the stages of working with fragments of authentic videos within the implementation of the subsystem of exercises for the “film club” interactive technology. The article suggests practical advice on the implementation of the “movie club” interactive technology for the formation of foreign language communicative, professional communicative and professional and methodological competencies of pre-service English teachers at the “English Teacher’s Film Club” training session. It also provides an illustrative set of exercises for pre-service English teachers on the topic “In the World of Music” (Year 3 – Year 4) on the material of the film “The Bohemian Rhapsody”.