Since first appearing in Japan's educational guidelines in 1989, "communication" has been an important keyword in English education in Japan, and the teaching of communication skills has been a key point for debate. Considering the still vague definition of "communication (skills)," this paper argues that movies can provide effective teaching/learning materials for a variety of communication skills, particularly in English classes after junior high school. This paper focuses on
there constructions with non-
be verbs, including the
there speak construction (Mino 2020) (e.g.,
There speaks a rich person!), and points out that their unique properties are not fully described in English textbooks in Japan. More specifically, no reference can be found in the textbooks to the fact that the construction's acceptability changes depending on discourse-related factors such as contexts and the speaker's point of view. In this way, textbooks do not always succeed in helping English learners to achieve sociolinguistic competence, one of four major components of communicative competence according to Canale & Swain (1980) and Canale (1983). By demonstrating how to utilize movies to improve learners' understanding of various types of
there constructions with non-
be verbs, this paper argues that movies are appropriate materials for the teaching/learning of communicative competencies.
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