GIAMPIERI, PATRIZIAAlthough being scripted, film dialogues are claimed to mirror natural spoken language. Exposing second language (L2) learners to instances of authentic language is reported to be stimulating and enjoyable. Amongst others, natural spoken discourse is hallmarked by discourse markers, which are small words, or prefabricated units, which constitute the bulk of native-like conversation. Helping students become acquainted with the small words of natural language can increase their perceived proficiency. In light of these argumentations, this paper is aimed at presenting a trial lesson with sixteen young adults who participated in a 2-hour class. During the class, they became acquainted with discourse markers, which were sourced from film dialogues. Students had firstly to infer their meanings and propose coherent translation candidates by recurring to their interlanguage. Then, they were prompted to search for translations in online language platforms. The paper findings highlight that the trial lesson was not only enjoyable and stimulating, but students felt that their L2 knowledge increased. Furthermore, they were stimulated by the inferring tasks and appreciated the word search. In some instances, students' inferences outperformed dictionary results and online suggestions.application/pdfhttps://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/latic/article/view/20280engDepartment of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting, Ionian Universityhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0Copyright (c) 2019 PATRIZIA GIAMPIERI2241-7214International Journal of Language, Translation and Intercultural Communication2241-4304International Journal of Language, Translation and Intercultural Communication; Τόμ. 8 (2019): AVT as a Bridge for Communication: From Language Learning to Accessibility; 110-127International Journal of Language, Translation and Intercultural Communication; Vol. 8 (2019): AVT as a Bridge for Communication: From Language Learning to Accessibility; 110-127spoken language in filmsdiscourse markers in spoken languagenatural languagefilm discourseESL classesThe Small Words of Film Spoken Language for Second Language Learninginfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion2019-04-15Δημοσίευση σε περιοδικόPublication in journalΓλώσσα και ΓλωσσολογίαLanguage and Linguisticsisi - Language & Linguistics covers resources relating to theoretical, literary and historical linguistics as well as stylistics and philology.isi - Linguistics covers resources relating to all theoretical and applied aspects of linguistics, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. The category also includes resources dealing with language as a social phenomenon such as sociolinguistics, language acquisition and education, psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, corpus linguistics, semiotics and the relationship between memory and language.Επιστημονικό άρθροScientific articleΤμήμα Διοίκησης Επιχειρήσεων/Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα ΗπείρουGreek Aggregator OpenArchives.gr | National Documentation Centre (EKT)