@article{ART002814202},
author={So-Young Lee and Suh, Young-Mee},
title={Utilizing Disney Films in the EFL Classroom: Enhancing Students’ Critical Literacy Skills with Animation},
journal={Modern English Education},
issn={1598-0782},
year={2022},
volume={23},
number={1},
pages={1-14}
TY - JOUR
AU - So-Young Lee
AU - Suh, Young-Mee
TI - Utilizing Disney Films in the EFL Classroom: Enhancing Students’ Critical Literacy Skills with Animation
JO - Modern English Education
PY - 2022
VL - 23
IS - 1
PB - The Modern English Education Society
SP - 1
EP - 14
SN - 1598-0782
AB - This study aimed to evaluate how English teachers can utilize Disney animation in the EFL classrooms to enhance critical literacy skills with a focus on gender and environmental issues. Pocahontas (1995) and Moana (2016) have been analyzed and compared through ecofeminist thoughts as these animation movies deal with nature at the forefront with two young women assigned the role of guarding it against destruction. Through content analysis, the two films are analyzed through the central themes of ecofeminism—criticism of male-centered thinking, women’s relationship to nature, and women’s role as nature caretakers. While both films criticize male-centered thinking and emphasize the two women’s role of advocating and protecting nature, Pocahontas’s leadership is limited by binary thinking whereas Moana grows into a leader where all elements are equal and integral. Based on the analysis, students can train their critical thinking skills to further read cultural texts critically. By incorporating eco-feminist thoughts in a critical reading of Disney’s films, students can analyze issues deconstructing dominant and dualist thinking. Disney’s abundant film-text sources can serve as valuable resources for enhancing students’ English critical literacy skills.
KW - nature and women;disney films;critical literacy skills
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So-Young Lee and Suh, Young-Mee. (2022). Utilizing Disney Films in the EFL Classroom: Enhancing Students’ Critical Literacy Skills with Animation. Modern English Education, 23(1), 1-14.
So-Young Lee and Suh, Young-Mee. 2022, "Utilizing Disney Films in the EFL Classroom: Enhancing Students’ Critical Literacy Skills with Animation", Modern English Education, vol.23, no.1 pp.1-14.
So-Young Lee, Suh, Young-Mee "Utilizing Disney Films in the EFL Classroom: Enhancing Students’ Critical Literacy Skills with Animation" Modern English Education 23.1 pp.1-14 (2022) : 1.
So-Young Lee, Suh, Young-Mee. Utilizing Disney Films in the EFL Classroom: Enhancing Students’ Critical Literacy Skills with Animation. 2022; 23(1), 1-14.
So-Young Lee and Suh, Young-Mee. "Utilizing Disney Films in the EFL Classroom: Enhancing Students’ Critical Literacy Skills with Animation" Modern English Education 23, no.1 (2022) : 1-14.
So-Young Lee; Suh, Young-Mee. Utilizing Disney Films in the EFL Classroom: Enhancing Students’ Critical Literacy Skills with Animation. Modern English Education, 23(1), 1-14.
So-Young Lee; Suh, Young-Mee. Utilizing Disney Films in the EFL Classroom: Enhancing Students’ Critical Literacy Skills with Animation. Modern English Education. 2022; 23(1) 1-14.
So-Young Lee, Suh, Young-Mee. Utilizing Disney Films in the EFL Classroom: Enhancing Students’ Critical Literacy Skills with Animation. 2022; 23(1), 1-14.
So-Young Lee and Suh, Young-Mee. "Utilizing Disney Films in the EFL Classroom: Enhancing Students’ Critical Literacy Skills with Animation" Modern English Education 23, no.1 (2022) : 1-14.
