Using the Novelization of the Movie, Dead Poets Society in an EFL Reading Course

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This article describes the use of the novelization and tasks which were developed for a reading EFL course at the university level. For this purpose, the novelization of the American movie, Dead Poets Society (Kleinbaum, 1989), was utilized for the academic year. Along with viewing the movie, various types of graphic organizers were used for assigned tasks in order to assist the students' comprehension of the content of the story and the characters and to encourage empathic reactions and critical thinking skills of the students. This authentic literary text was used throughout the year to illustrate a sense of achievement as well as to arouse a sense of community among the students and the teacher through sharing their personal emotional reactions to the plot, characters, and the poems which appeared in the story. The class survey that was conducted at the end of the year resulted in positive feedback for the method of using a novelization with the movie for enhancing empathy and critical thinking skills among the students.

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