The effects of watching English subtitled movies on L2 vocabulary learning among community college learners

The effects of watching English subtitled movies on L2 vocabulary learning among community college learners

This study examined the effects of watching subtitled English movies on vocabularylearning. Fifty-four students from a Community College who participated in the study were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups with 28 and 26participants respectively. Both groups were presented with th...

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The effects of watching English subtitled movies on L2 vocabulary learning among community college learners
description This study examined the effects of watching subtitled English movies on vocabularylearning. Fifty-four students from a Community College who participated in the study were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups with 28 and 26participants respectively. Both groups were presented with the same English movies but thecontrol group watched the movies without subtitles, while the experimental group watchedthe movies with subtitles for three consecutive weeks. The participants completed the VocabularyKnowledge Scale (VKS) pre-test, post-test and delayed test, as well as questionnaire. Resultsfrom t-tests (pretest: t (52) = -1.233, p = 0.223, post-test: t (52) = 1.717, p = 0.094) revealedthat both groups progressed significantly from pre-test to post-test. The findings revealed thatwith or without the appearance of subtitles, the participants in both groups managed toimprove their vocabulary learning. T-test results for delayed test mean scores shows asignificant difference between the experimental and control groups; t (52) = 4.032 p = 0.000 whichshows that the participants in the experimental group remember more words than the control group.This shows that the use of subtitles helps participants to retain the words longer.The questionnaire analysis revealed that the respondents were favorable towards the useof subtitles in the movies. It can be concluded that using English subtitled movies canhelp improve students performance in vocabulary learning and retention. This study implicatesthat English language teachers should consider the use of English subtitled movies as apedagogical resource to enhance vocabularylearning among their students.
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title The effects of watching English subtitled movies on L2 vocabulary learning among community college learners
title_short The effects of watching English subtitled movies on L2 vocabulary learning among community college learners
title_full The effects of watching English subtitled movies on L2 vocabulary learning among community college learners
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spelling oai:ir.upsi.edu.my:59212021-05-03 The effects of watching English subtitled movies on L2 vocabulary learning among community college learners 2019 Sharifah Nozi Syed Hamid LB Theory and practice of education This study examined the effects of watching subtitled English movies on vocabularylearning. Fifty-four students from a Community College who participated in the study were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups with 28 and 26participants respectively. Both groups were presented with the same English movies but thecontrol group watched the movies without subtitles, while the experimental group watchedthe movies with subtitles for three consecutive weeks. The participants completed the VocabularyKnowledge Scale (VKS) pre-test, post-test and delayed test, as well as questionnaire. Resultsfrom t-tests (pretest: t (52) = -1.233, p = 0.223, post-test: t (52) = 1.717, p = 0.094) revealedthat both groups progressed significantly from pre-test to post-test. The findings revealed thatwith or without the appearance of subtitles, the participants in both groups managed toimprove their vocabulary learning. T-test results for delayed test mean scores shows asignificant difference between the experimental and control groups; t (52) = 4.032 p = 0.000 whichshows that the participants in the experimental group remember more words than the control group.This shows that the use of subtitles helps participants to retain the words longer.The questionnaire analysis revealed that the respondents were favorable towards the useof subtitles in the movies. It can be concluded that using English subtitled movies canhelp improve students performance in vocabulary learning and retention. 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