A Study on Learner’s Awareness of English Class Using Movies

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to conduct Media English Class using movies by implementing various activities and to investigate the learners' perceptions of it. In particular, among various language skills, it was intended to focus on productive learning, that is, speaking and writing. In order to overcome the limitations of the existing classes using movies that focus on listening & comprehension and native-like pronunciation. The study participants consisted of 50 university students in Busan who took media English courses in the second semester of 2023, and after the 15-week class was over, a questionnaire was conducted regarding the on learner's perception. The films were ‘500 Days of Summer (2009)’ by Marc Webb and ‘The Internal (2015)’ by Nancy Meyers, and lectures were conducted in four parts for each film. The questionnaire consisted of questions related to the student’s interest in movies, and the effects of movies in language learning, satisfaction of the movie’s authentic feature. Based on the results of the questionnaire, educational implications were presented for the learners' perceptions of movies.