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    Film techniques to teach english communicative skills in primary education
    (Universidad de Murcia. Servicio de Publicaciones, 2024) Imbernón Pérez, Virginia María; Solís Becerra, Juan Antonio
    An experience through film techniques as a motivational context to unfold English communication skills in young Spanish speakers is presented. Media provide an important source of native speakers’ speech models, and considering that the most important world film industry provider comes from an English-speaking country, the possibilities are endless. Furthermore, audiovisual literacy provides a context for critical thinking. Hence, the main purpose of this research is to present an innovative teaching project called Hollywood Stars: 3,2,1... off we go! Roll & action!and to explore the perception of it by the agents involved. The study was conducted in a bilingual school from Murcia (Spain), with students from sixth-grade of Primary Education. The methodology used in this study is action-research, being an empirical-analytical investigation, with a quasi-experimental design, using mixed data collection methods. The results suggest that film techniques can provide a motivational and meaningful context for English acquisition