電影作為外語教材為提高學生的語言能力和培養學生的跨文化交際意識提供了新的途徑。最近二十年，對外漢語中的電影教學隨著中國電影市場的繁榮有了很大的發展。目前電影課的教學法以對電影情節的敘述、人物形象的分析以及對電影所反映的社會文化現象的討論為主。本文主張在電影課敘述和議論的層面外，加入聯想層面，提出主題式電影片段教學模式。本文以同性戀和農民工兩個主題的電影教學設計為例，展示這種在同一主題框架下連綴相關電影片段的教學法如何為討論提供多維角度，深化學生對中國文化的理解，並在比較中對自身文化進行反思。

Film as teaching material in Second Language Education provides a new route for cultivating students' linguistic competence and cross-cultural communication ability. Film has not been adopted in the field of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language until recent decades, but this approach has developed quickly as China's film industry and market experience fast expansion and commercialization. Current pedagogical practice in teaching film in Chinese language classes focuses generally on narration of plot, analysis of characters, and discussion on social and cultural phenomena reflected in a film. Exploring a new approach, this paper suggests that instructors add an ＂association＂ component to the existing narration and discussion in a film-centered class. It proposes a theme-based pedagogical model that utilizes short movie clips. By giving two examples on the themes of homosexuality in China and Chinese migrant workers, this paper demonstrates how the pedagogical approach that links clips from different films within the framework of a cultural theme effectively helps students to develop more profound understanding of Chinese culture and to reflect on their own culture through various perspectives.