In response to Mark Pizzato's question about the merits of in-class vs. out-of-class viewing: I find that this is often a separate issue from video vs. film altogether. Frankly, the video vs. film question usually comes down to a question of availability for me--I teach German cinema at a liberal arts college--and I rarely have a choice. But regardless of the medium, my experience is that some kind of group screening scenario is crucial. When my students sign up for one of my film courses, they sign up for a regular course slot, say Tuesdays and Thursdays for 1 1/2 hours, AND an evening screening slot--just the way they would sign up for chemistry lab. Sometimes I show snippets again in class on Thursday, sometimes the student group responsible for that film's discussion will look at parts again on their own, etc. And the more I think about it, the more I think that one of the great benefits of an initial group screening has more to do with establishing a group dynamic, which itself facilitates better discussion and WILLINGNESS to analyze/"read"/discuss the piece, than it has to do with any kind of quantifiably better or worse pedagogical technique. Jenifer Ward Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures Gustavus Adolphus College 800 W. College Ave. St. Peter, MN 56082 (507) 933-7390 [log in to unmask] ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]