Movie for intercultural English language teaching in Vietnam

Abstract

Today’s globalization features intercultural communication in English as an international language. It has been urgently needed for English language learners to acquire intercultural communicative competence for successful international communication; however, instructional materials reflecting the authentic diversity of current English and its cultures to develop this competence have remained limited in Vietnam, contributing to the ongoing lack of interculturality in language teaching, especially at the tertiary level. This paper aims to present some arguments supporting the use of movies as accessible and effective intercultural materials as well as to propose practical classroom activities based on movies, so as to promote intercultural English language teaching in university classrooms in Vietnam.