Considering the linguistic and cultural significance of Woody Allen’s cinema, and its unique value for ESL learning and teaching, this book intends to offer an introduction of Woody Allen’s cinema to ESL learners and teachers—highlighting its linguistic and cultural influence, discussing its significance and relevance for ESL learning and teaching, and introducing a list of twelve movies selected from Woody Allen’s cinema (of over fifty films), as most fitted for the purpose of ESL learning and teaching.

Chapter 1, as a background, provides a brief overview of Woody Allen and his filmmaking career. Chapter 2 discusses its linguistic and cultural significance, historical importance, psychological/motivational value for language learning, and fitness for ESL learning and teaching. Chapter 3 introduces a list of twelve movies selected from Woody Allen’s cinema.