Film-Study as a Source of Formation of Creative Cross-Cultural Skills in Multicultural Context

Abstract

The authors propose to look at the cinema in the education process in terms of its potential use as a tool of formation of creative cross-cultural competence. Nowadays cinema is not just a synthetic art, it is deeply integrated into the basic structure of modern culture, and forms means capable of becoming an effective source of educational innovations. The article proposes the concept of film-study as a reference for the complex of methodical use of cinema in education. Analysis of different cases of inclusion of cinema in practical lessons allowed the authors to substantiate the connection of film-study method with the formation of students’ creative cross-cultural skills. As stated in the article, techniques of film-study method used by the authors contribute to the development of students’ cross-cultural competence relevant in a multicultural context of their professional and daily activities.

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“…(p. 151) Scholars explain how the use of films contributes to the effectiveness of developing crosscultural awareness. In their opinion, the film is a very comfortable and familiar source of information for contemporary students: younger generations prefer video substitutes to text sources (Starostova and Piskunova (2016). The investigators add that owing to films' technical characteristics, people "gain their deepest impressions through their senseswhat they see, hear, and feel upon entering a new culture" (Cardon, 2010, p. 151).…”

“…The analysis of film-based studies indicates that researchers rarely engage representatives of the culture depicted in the film in their investigations of cross-cultural issues (Starostova & Piskunova, 2016;Wang & Yu, 2018;Mallinger & Rossy, 2003). As a result, the discussion about another culture is carried out by the students who come from the same cultural background, share common cultural values, and might not know much about the other nation's traditions, customs, and history.…”

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“…Also, Starostova L. and Piskunova L. argue that the necessity to include the cinema experience into the education process is dictated by the specific nature of modern culture that is saturated with media communications, and forms of the phenomenon of clip-like consciousness. The predominance of visual images in the total information has a systemic impact on human consciousness [19].…”