Thesis (M. A.)--University of New South Wales, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references. Also availalbe online.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2008. / Title from PDF title page (viewed May 27, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 3431-3835)

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-71).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-141).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-71). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-141). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.A.)--Indiana University, 2007. / Title from screen (viewed on June 6, 2007) Department of World Languages and Cultures, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-79)

published_or_final_version / English Studies / Master / Master of Arts

Ng Wai Chuen. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 123-126). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ABSTRACT (English version) / ABSTRACT (Chinese version) / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION / Chapter 1.1 --- Overview --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Significance of the study --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- Organization of the thesis --- p.4 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- LITERATURE REVIEW / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.5 / Chapter 2.2 --- Theory: Video and L2 acquisition --- p.5 / Chapter 2.3 --- Selection and preparation of lesson materials --- p.8 / Chapter 2.4 --- Film in the L1 classroom --- p.10 / Chapter 2.5 --- Film in the L2 classroom --- p.11 / Chapter 2.5.1 --- Listening comprehension --- p.11 / Chapter 2.5.2 --- Oral skills --- p.14 / Chapter 2.5.3 --- Writing --- p.15 / Chapter 2.5.4 --- Critical thinking --- p.17 / Chapter 2.5.5 --- "Language: Vocabulary, idioms, slang" --- p.21 / Chapter 2.5.6 --- Communicative performance --- p.22 / Chapter 2.5.7 --- Cross-cultural issues --- p.24 / Chapter 2.5.8 --- Complementing literary works --- p.25 / Chapter 2.5.9 --- Movie tie-in novels --- p.26 / Chapter 2.6 --- The Hong Kong context --- p.27 / Chapter 2.7 --- Conclusion: The need for further study --- p.30 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- METHODOLOGY / Chapter 3.1 --- Research design: The case study approach --- p.33 / Chapter 3.2 --- Research questions --- p.34 / Chapter 3.3 --- Subjects --- p.35 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- The course ELT 3104 --- p.35 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Instructor A --- p.37 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- The students --- p.37 / Chapter 3.4 --- Data collection --- p.38 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Questionnaire survey --- p.38 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Semi-structured interviews --- p.39 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Naturalistic classroom observation --- p.40 / Chapter 3.4.4 --- Text analysis --- p.41 / Chapter 3.5 --- The pilot study --- p.41 / Chapter 3.5.1 --- Classroom observation --- p.42 / Chapter 3.5.2 --- Pilot questionnaire survey --- p.43 / Chapter 3.6 --- Conclusion --- p.44 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- RESULTS / Chapter 4.1 --- Questionnaire survey --- p.45 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Pre-course questionnaire --- p.45 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Post-course questionnaire --- p.47 / Chapter 4.2 --- Interviews --- p.48 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Instructor A's interviews --- p.48 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Brief student profiles and interview summaries --- p.50 / Chapter 4.3 --- Classroom observation --- p.55 / Chapter 4.4 --- Text analysis --- p.57 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Course syllabus and schedule --- p.57 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Lecture handouts --- p.57 / Chapter 4.4.3 --- Presentation handouts --- p.58 / Chapter 4.4.4 --- Final term paper --- p.59 / Chapter 4.5 --- Conclusion --- p.59 / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION / Chapter 5.1 --- Revised research questions --- p.60 / Chapter 5.2 --- Film and ESL: Students' past experience --- p.61 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Authentic and natural language --- p.62 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Benefits of using English captions --- p.63 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- "Listening, speaking, and conversation" --- p.65 / Chapter 5.2.4 --- Doorway to other cultures --- p.65 / Chapter 5.2.5 --- Analytical and critical thinking --- p.67 / Chapter 5.3 --- The course ELT 3104: Factors affecting the learning process --- p.68 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- The instructor --- p.69 / Chapter 5.3.1.1 --- "Personality, interest, philosophy, and approach" --- p.69 / Chapter 5.3.1.2 --- The role of the facilitator --- p.70 / Chapter 5.3.1.3 --- Students' views of Instructor A --- p.71 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- The students --- p.73 / Chapter 5.3.2.1 --- Cinematic sophistication --- p.73 / Chapter 5.3.2.2 --- English proficiency --- p.74 / Chapter 5.3.2.3 --- Personal interests --- p.75 / Chapter 5.3.2.4 --- Grouping --- p.77 / Chapter 5.3.2.5 --- Motivation --- p.80 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- Student-centered approach --- p.83 / Chapter 5.3.4 --- Choice of film --- p.86 / Chapter 5.3.5 --- Cultural differences --- p.90 / Chapter 5.3.6 --- Film knowledge covered --- p.94 / Chapter 5.3.7 --- Workload and other classroom factors --- p.98 / Chapter 5.3.7.1 --- Assignments --- p.98 / Chapter 5.3.7.2 --- Classroom atmosphere --- p.99 / Chapter 5.3.7.3 --- Lesson time --- p.100 / Chapter 5.4 --- The effectiveness of the course --- p.102 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Students' self-assessment --- p.103 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Instructor A's comments --- p.107 / Chapter 5.4.3 --- Students' term papers --- p.110 / Chapter 5.5 --- Conclusion --- p.114 / Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- IMPLICATIONS & CONCLUSION / Chapter 6.1 --- Summary of research questions and findings --- p.115 / Chapter 6.2 --- Pedagogical implications --- p.116 / Chapter 6.3 --- Limitations of the present study --- p.118 / Chapter 6.4 --- Recommendations for further studies & conclusion --- p.121 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.123 / APPENDICES --- p.127

Orientador: Aguinaldo José Gonçalves / Coorientador: Maria Isabel do Amaral Antunes Vaz Ponce de Leão / Banca: Susanna Busato / Banca: Orlando Nunes de Amorim / Banca: Maria de Lourdes Ortiz Gandini Baldan / Banca: Paulo Custódio de Oliveira / Resumo: Este estudo consiste em uma investigação teórico-analítica acerca da natureza do cinema, desvelando-a a partir de similaridades estruturais de procedimentos construtivos observados nas artes vizinhas, como a pintura e a poesia, numa interrelação entre esses sistemas de linguagem distintos. Este trabalho volta-se aos primórdios de uma linguagem cinematográfica esteticamente em formação, a tomar consciência de seu próprio sistema de expressão artística. Para uma abordagem teórico-analítica do conceito de temporalidade no cinema, realiza-se o estudo sistemático de algumas filmografias decisivas, as quais consideramos determinantes em seu momento histórico e também em momentos futuros da própria história do cinema mundial. O trabalho intenciona constatar as indagações e hesitações suscitadas pela imagem-movimento das primeiras produções de cinema e promover uma investigação teórico-analítica acerca da temporalidade das imagens nos cinemas clássico e moderno, verificando a estreita relação do cinema com procedimentos estruturais próprios da pintura figurativa e da poesia lírica. Períodos fundamentais da história da arte como o Renascimento italiano e movimentos de vanguarda decisivos como o Impressionismo francês e o Expressionismo alemão tornam-se os fios de prumo ao longo do estudo, colocando-se como paradigmas estéticos fundamentais às considerações acerca da natureza do cinema / Abstract: This study consists of a theoretical-analytical investigation about the nature of cinema, revealing it from the structural similarities of constructive procedures observed in the neighboring arts, such as painting and poetry, in an interrelation between these different language systems. Our work turns to the beginnings of a cinematographic language aesthetically in formation, to become aware of its own system of artistic expression. For a theoretical-analytical approach to the concept of temporality in cinema, we systematically study some decisive filmographies, which we consider to be determinants in their historical moment and also in future moments in the history of world cinema itself. The work aimed to verify the questions and hesitations raised by the image-movement of the first film productions and to promote a theoreticalanalytical investigation about the temporality of the images in the classic and modern cinemas, verifying the close relation of the cinema with structural procedures proper to figurative painting and of lyric poetry. Fundamental periods of art history such as the Italian Renaissance and decisive avant-garde movements such as French Impressionism and German Expressionism were our plumb lines throughout the study, becoming aesthetic paradigms fundamental to considerations about the nature of cinema / Doutor