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Learners reflect on wordless films.

Learner voices Wordless films In their own words

About this film.

No narration. No subtitles. Just a real person going about a real day. In this short film, learners describe what that does to their attention, in their own words.

They name it better than any methods text could: you have to pay attention to get the understanding. The scenery speaks. The routine speaks. The joy speaks. And from that attention comes the thing reweave exists for: genuine curiosity about real people in other parts of the world.

To see what they are describing from the inside, open any film in find a story and watch it the way they did: no words, full attention.

"It makes me want to learn more, because you are learning about an origin of someone, their daily life, routine, culture."

A learner, after watching wordless films

Transcript.

Lightly cleaned for readability. Bracketed lines describe what is on screen.

The videos, with our words, you actually have to pay attention to get the understanding. I think the scenery, how the routine of your life just goes on, it just speaks. Like, their actions, what they do, the place that they're in, the emotion they have, the joy that they're having. It speaks a lot to the viewer because they're understanding how the person in the video goes about their day.

Yeah, like he's saying, it's capturing the moment. And also it's really cool to see someone's different point of view in a different part of the world and how they live their days. It's making me more curious about different people and their perspective.

I think it makes me want to learn more because you're learning about an origin of someone, their daily life, routine, culture, their religion or where they live. Plus if you want to go explore the world and do something, if you watch this video, you can see the perspective and see, oh, they do that. Maybe I can do that when I go.