Ключевое слово: «independent learning»

Language learners are often encouraged to watch films in the original, and films have served as a means of improving learners’ language skills for many years. In a foreign language lesson, it is usually an instructor who chooses what students should watch. The aim of this article is to demonstrate that sometimes it is better to encourage student choice by letting each student choose a film to watch in order to spark students’ motivation, increase their participation, and assist them in becoming independent learners. In 2021, second-year students of the Institute of Foreign Languages were allowed to choose films themselves, and this article includes the conclusions on student choice encouragement made by their English language instructor.