How can movies be effective in learning English idiomatic and everyday expressions?

Iranmanesh, Asma; Darani, Laya Heidari

doi:10.18844/ijlt.v10i2.3405

Cited by 9 publications

(6 citation statements)

References 14 publications

(27 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The results of her study also revealed that The participants themselves improved their ability to identify linguistic forms of politeness in real-world contexts. Similar findings were revealed in research done by Iranmanesh and Darani (2018) . The findings indicated that movies had a substantial impact on the acquisition of idiomatic and daily English expressions among Iranian EFL students, hence enhancing their English proficiency.…”

Section: Literature Reviewsupporting

confidence: 91%

Impact of instruction based on movie and TV series clips on EFL learners’ pragmatic competence: Speech acts in focus

Omar

Razı²

2022

Front. Psychol.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study attempts to investigate the role of movie and TV series clips in enhancing EFL learners’ pragmatic competence by utilizing an experimental design. The sample of the study was 42 students from the English language department at Cihan University-Duhok, Iraq. The experiment lasted one academic semester. The participants’ English language proficiency, as determined by an IELTS test sample, was intermediate, and then they were randomly split into two groups, namely experimental and control. Before and after the treatment, a Written Discourse Completion Test (WDCT) served as a pre-and post-test given to the two groups to assess statistically significant differences between them. The experimental group received direct instruction on request and suggestion speech acts via the presentation of the carefully chosen movie and TV series clips. In contrast, the control group was exposed to a minimal amount of pragmatics through printed texts. The findings demonstrated that the experimental group outperformed the control group. More precisely, the findings revealed that movie and TV series clips had a significant influence on learners’ production of requests and suggestions. Considering the above findings, the researchers propose EFL teachers apply movie and TV series clips to improve their Students’ pragmatic competence in class.

show abstract

Section: Literature Reviewsupporting

confidence: 91%

Impact of instruction based on movie and TV series clips on EFL learners’ pragmatic competence: Speech acts in focus

Omar

Razı²

2022

Front. Psychol.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…One-way ANOVA analysis found that no difference of any statistical significance existed in their attitudes and perceptions based on their gender. This finding is corroborated by several studies (Ababneh, 2016;Iranmanesh & Darani, 2018;Pucelj, 2018;Orfan, 2020). However, some studies (Abdalhamid, 2021;Abidin et al, 2012) were found to be inconsistent with this finding.…”

Section: Discussion and Analysissupporting

confidence: 67%

Assessing Saudi EFL Learners’ Use and Understanding of English Idioms: Perceptions, Problems, and Patterns of Learning

Jamshed,

Almashy,

Saleem

et al. 2024

jltr

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study aims to investigate Saudi EFL learners’ perceptions of English idioms, their problems, and the patterns of their learning and understanding of English idioms. 458 students (around 10%) were selected through a random sampling method from the undergraduate learners in different levels of programs at the College of Business Administration and the College of Science & Humanities, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, KSA. As the study looked at how certain independent variables (gender, level/year of study, and parents’ profession) shaped dependent variables (perceptions/attitudes), a questionnaire was self-developed which includes modified items from existing research. A quantitative approach (descriptive statistics) was used to analyze the data. The findings revealed that Saudi EFL learners’ perceptions were very positive about English idioms and their impact on enhancing their English proficiency. It was found that lack of background information, unfamiliarity, variation in literal interpretation, lack of Arabic parallels, and insufficient EFL classroom training made learning English idioms challenging for respondents. It was also revealed that Saudi EFL learners acquired and comprehended English idioms via using them in sentences, consulting a dictionary, guessing from contexts, group discussions, and breaking them down into their constituent parts. One-way ANOVA analysis found no statistically significant difference among the respondents based on their demographic differences. The study holds implications for both teachers and students as it will help them teach and learn English idioms effectively. The most common method is translating English idioms into their language.

show abstract

“…2) Using instructional films from YouTube, gender has no appreciable influence on listening skills. Further research that found that gender had no discernible impact on EFL learners' ability to learn English supports this claim (Iranmanesh et al, 2018). The outcome demonstrated that there was no gender-based difference in the significance of the student's' learning outcomes.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 77%

The Use of Youtube English Educational Videos in Improving Listening Comprehension

Sembiring

Katemba

2023

Journey

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This research aims to find out how students can use YouTube's educational English videos to enhance their listening skills. A Google Form online survey was used as the survey methodology for this quantitative research. The target population for this research is senior high school students taking English classes. Due to the application's beneficial effects on the student's hearing, the data analysis showed that the student can enhance their listening comprehension with YouTube's educational English videos. The results of this research suggest that watching English instruction videos on YouTube can improve students' listening comprehension. The results were supported by every student, who agreed that using YouTube to improve their listening comprehension could be helpful. This research is far from perfect and still has many flaws. The researcher therefore expects that another researcher will continue their study into how to use YouTube's application for English educational videos more effectively, especially in listening comprehension across a range of academic levels. The study's benefits and potential to help other researchers who want to look into a connected topic are also anticipated by the researcher.

show abstract

How can movies be effective in learning English idiomatic and everyday expressions?

Cited by 9 publications

References 14 publications

Impact of instruction based on movie and TV series clips on EFL learners’ pragmatic competence: Speech acts in focus

Impact of instruction based on movie and TV series clips on EFL learners’ pragmatic competence: Speech acts in focus

Assessing Saudi EFL Learners’ Use and Understanding of English Idioms: Perceptions, Problems, and Patterns of Learning

The Use of Youtube English Educational Videos in Improving Listening Comprehension

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About