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HUNG YEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES - GRADUATION PAPER FIELD: ENGLISH LINGUISTICS A STUDY ON LEARNING ENGLISH THROUGH MOVIES TO IMPROVE ENGLISH COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR THE FIRST-YEAR ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT HUNG YEN UNIVERSITY OF TEACHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION (NGHIÊN CỨU VỀ VIỆC HỌC TIẾNG ANH QUA PHIM ĐỂ CẢI THIỆN KỸ NĂNG GIAO TIẾP TIẾNG ANH CHO SINH VIÊN NĂM THỨ NHẤT NGÀNH NGÔN NGỮ ANH CỦA TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC SƯ PHẠM KỸ THUẬT HƯNG YÊN) Supervisor: Nguyen Dinh Sinh Student: Ninh Thi Thuong Student number: 11317149 Hung Yen – 2021 HUNG YEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES - GRADUATION PAPER FIELD: ENGLISH LINGUISTICS A STUDY ON LEARNING ENGLISH THROUGH MOVIES TO IMPROVE ENGLISH COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR THE FIRST-YEAR ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT HUNG YEN UNIVERSITY OF TEACHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION (NGHIÊN CỨU VỀ VIỆC HỌC TIẾNG ANH QUA PHIM ĐỂ CẢI THIỆN KỸ NĂNG GIAO TIẾP TIẾNG ANH CHO SINH VIÊN NĂM THỨ NHẤT NGÀNH NGÔN NGỮ ANH CỦA TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC SƯ PHẠM KỸ THUẬT HƯNG YÊN) Student: Ninh Thi Thuong Student number: 1131749 Supervisor: Nguyen Dinh Sinh Hung Yen – 2021 i DECLARATION I certify my authorship of the study report entitled “A study on learning English through movies to improve English communication skills for the first-year English major students at Hung Yen University of Technology and Education” This graduation paper is the result of my research and the substance of this graduation paper has not been submitted for a degree to any other university or institution and that if this declaration is found to be false, disciplinary measures and penalties can be taken and imposed following university policies and rules Hung Yen, June 2021 Ninh Thi Thuong ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS During the process of doing this graduation paper, I have received much necessary assistance, precious ideas, and timely encouragement from my teachers, family, and friends This paper could not have been completed without the help, encouragement, and support from several people who all deserve my sincerest gratitude and appreciation First of all, I wish to express my deepest gratitude to my supervisor – Mr NGUYEN DINH SINH, the English teacher of the Faculty of Foreign Language, who has always been willing to give me valuable advice and suggestions so that I can complete successfully this study I also would like to take this opportunity to show my sincere thanks to all my teachers at the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Hung Yen University of Technology and Education, who have handed me basic knowledge to complete this study I am so thankful to students of K18 at the Faculty of Foreign Language for their wholeheart participation in the study I would like to acknowledge my thanks to all the authors of the books, magazines, and the other materials listed in the reference part for their ideas that have been reflected and developed in the study I am equally indebted to my classmates for their suggestions and encouragement in the process of my study Last but not least, my particular thanks are given to my parents for their encouragement and support which played an important role in my graduation paper Hung Yen, Jun 2021 Ninh Thi Thuong iii ABSTRACT The English communication skill is very important for English learner However, many English learners still feel a lack of confidence in communication on learning in a boring, passive environment and not having an effective learning method so the study aims at finding out how to English learners have can improve their own communication very necessary In particular, watching movies with English subtitles is a method to improve communication skills effectively for learners that this study wants to propose I used both qualitative and quantitative methods, methods of analysis, and synthesis of the results of the survey and interview questions The research was conducted at UTEHY and the population of this study was lecturers of FFL and first-year English major students of FFL There were 60 first-year English major students (60 students answered questionnaires, other students were invited to answer interview questions) and teachers of English at the Faculty of Foreign Language, Hung Yen University of Technology and Education as the population of this study Data were gathered by questionnaires and interviews After collecting and analyzing data, the lecturers' and students' evaluations will be made about learning English communication through watching movies with English subtitles, and at the same time, the difficulties and benefits of learning to communicate in English through watching movies with English subtitles Findings will be presented and solutions are given through watching movies with English subtitles to help first-year English majors with methods, skills and create an interesting learning environment to improve level their English communication skills iv TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION………………………………………………………………………… i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS……………………………………………………………… ii ABSTRACT…………………………………………………………………………….….iii TABLE OF CONTENTS………………………………………………………………… iv ABBREVIATIONS………………………………………………………………… …vii LIST OF CHARTS AND TABLES………………………………………………………viii CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………1 1.1 Rationale of the study…………………………………………………………………1 1.2 Aims of the study…………………………………………………………………… 1.3 Research questions……………………………………………………………………2 1.4 Scope of the study…………………………………………………………………….2 1.5 Methods of the study………………………………………………………………….3 1.6 Significance of the study…………………………………………………………… 1.7 Structure of the study………………………………………………………………….3 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW………………………………………………… 2.1 Overview of communication skill…………………………………………………… 2.1.1 Definition of communication……………………………………………………… 2.1.2 Importance of communication skill………………………………………………… 2.1.3 Categories of communication……………………………………………………… 2.2 Theoretical background of English subtitled movies………………………………….8 v 2.2.1 Definition of subtitle movies…………………………………………………………8 2.2.2 Types of subtitled movies…………………………………………………………….8 2.2.3 The effect of subtitled in language learning………………………………………….9 2.2.4 Benefits of English subtitle movies in teaching and learning communication skill 10 CHAPTER 3: THE STUDY ………………………………………………………………12 3.1 Participant of the study……………………………………………………………… 12 3.1.1 Students…………………………………………………………………………… 12 3.1.2 Lecturers…………………………………………………………………………… 12 3.2 The research methodology…………………………………………………………….12 3.2.1 Survey questionnaires……………………………………………………………….12 3.2.2 Interview…………………………………………………………………………… 13 3.2.3 Data collection procedures ………………………………………………………….14 3.3 Data analysis and discussion………………………………………………………… 14 3.3.1 The attitude of first- years English major students and lectures toward using English subtitled movies on learning and teaching English communication skills……………… 14 3.3.2 Difficulties and benefits of watching movies with English subtitles on learning English communication skill of the first-year English major students at UTEHY……………… 18 3.3.3 Methods to improve English communication skills through watching movies with English subtitles for first-year English majors at UTEHY ………………………………24 3.3.4 Data analysis of the students’ interview……………………………………………27 3.4 Discussion and main finding………………………………………………………… 29 3.5 Recommendations…………………………………………………………………… 30 3.5.1 Recommendations for lecturers…………………………………………………… 30 vi 3.5.2 Recommendations for students…………………………………………………… 31 3.6 Summary………………………………………………………………………………32 CHAPTER 4: CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………….33 4.1 Summary of the study ……………………………………………………………… 33 4.2 Limitations of the thesis …………………………………………………………… 33 4.3 Suggestions for the further study …………………………………………………….34 REFERENCES……………………………………………………………………………35 APPENDIX 1: QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY FOR LECTURERS………………………I APPENDIX 2: QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY FOR TEACHERS………………………V APPENDIX 3: INTREVIEW FOR STUDENTS……………………………………… IX vii ABBREVIATIONS FFL: Faculty of Foreign Languages UTEHY: Hung Yen University of Technology and Education Ss: Students Ls: Lecturers viii LIST OF TABLES AND CHARTS CHARTS Chart 1: Students’ and lecturers’ assessment about the importance of English communication skill ………………………………………………………………………………………… 14 Chart 2: Lecturers’ and students’ assessment about the necessity of using movies with English subtitled on teaching and learning English communication skil…………….……15 Chart 3: Students’ and lecturers’ frequency in using English subtitled movies in English communication lessons ……………………………………………………………………16 Chart 4: Students’ feelings about learning English communication skills through watching movies with English subtitles…………………………………………………………… 17 Chart 5: Students’ frequency in practicing English communication by watching movies with English subtitles at home 18 Chart 6: Students’ difficulties when learning English communication by watching movies with English subtitles…………………………………………………… 19 Chart 7: Lecturers’ comments about student's difficulties when learning English communication by watching movies with English subtitles………………………………20 Chart 8: Lecturers’ and student’ assessment about the role of movies with English subtitles help to improve English communication skills………………………… ………….……23 Chart 9: Lecturers’ and student' suggestions to improve the effectiveness of using movies with English subtitles to improve English communication skills …………………… .27 TABLE Table 1: The effectiveness of English subtitled movies on learning English communication skill .……………………………………………………………………………………21 32 improving English communication skills In the next part, the researcher would like to give the conclusion of the study and also the limitation and suggestion for further study 33 CHAPTER 4: CONCLUSION 4.1 Summary of the study In general, the results obtained from the study are reliable enough to say that the research questions at the beginning of the study were finally answered and the thesis was mentioned in the introduction This study sets three goals to achieve: First, it investigates the attitudes of students and lecturers about using movies with English subtitles to learn and teach English communication skills to first-year English major students in FFL at UTEHY Second, it points out the difficulties and benefits of watching movies with English subtitles in learning English communication skills for first-year English major students at UTEHY Third, the researcher proposes some solutions to help first-year English major students at UTEHY improve their English communication skills through watching movies with English subtitles From their responses to questionnaires and interviews, it can be seen that most students have a positive attitude and love movies with English subtitles in learning communication Both lecturers and students affirmed that movies with English subtitles bring a lot of benefits in learning the communication skills of students It helps students learn real-life English, improve pronunciation, intonation, vocabulary Besides, slang words, idioms, limited vocabulary, and difficulty to follow because the characters speak too fast are also big problems for students Furthermore, the researcher pointed out the main findings and offered some suggestions to improve the students' learning of communication skills through watching movies with English subtitles 4.2 Limitations of the thesis Although the researcher has made efforts to carry out this study as a method of data collection, survey questionnaires to learn and interview students Due to time constraints, although the study was carefully and designed and based on reliable data, it still had some limitations: First of all, due to the limitation of time, experience to some extent, the study only concentrates on the first-year English major students which account for a small number of 34 students at the Faculty of Foreign Languages at Hung Yen University of Technology and Education Therefore, the result of the study cannot be generalized Secondly, the study only investigates the methods of learning English communication skills, the results may not be entirely true for other subjects Besides, another problem is posed, the students may not give the correct answer This is one of the obstacles for researchers Moreover, the proposed techniques in this researcher were selected from various reliable but limited sources Inspired by the limitations mentioned above, the researcher hopes that this discovery research will contribute to a better situation in learning English communication skills for language students at UTEHY 4.3 Suggestions for further study This study is only a small aspect of English communication in general because of the limited time and scope of the thesis This study only focused on using movies with English subtitles to improve first-year English major students' communication skills Further research could expand 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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication [18] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtitles#Types I APPENDIX SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE FOR LECTURERS Hello! My name is Ninh Thị Thương, I am from class TAK15.1, Faculty of Foreign Language at Hung Yen University Technology and Education This survey questionnaire is designed for my study entitled “A study on learning English through movies to improve English communication skills for the first-year English major students at Hung Yen University of Technology and Education.” Your answers will be a precious contribution to the success of this research All the information provided by you is for learning purposes only and you can be confident that your identity will not be disclosed in any discussion of data Your answer will help me a lot in the research process Please put a tick () in the appropriate box; circle the letter a, b, c or give short answers in the provided space Thanks you so much for your help! A GENERAL INFORMATION Class: …………… Age: ……………… Gender: Male □ Female □ How long have you been teaching English? ………year(s) B ANWSER QUESTION 1.What you think about the importance of English communication skills for firstyear English major students A Very important B Important C Quite important D Not very important at all What you think about the necessity of using English subtitled movies on learning English communication skills? A Very necessary C Quite necessary B Necessary D Unnecessary 3.How often you use English subtitled movies when teaching the first-year English major students in English communication lessons? II A Always C Sometimes B Often D Never 4.What difficulties did the first-year English major students meet when learning English communication by watching English subtitled movies? Difficulties Strongly Agree Disagree Strongly agree disagree Facing with limited vocabulary Character’s speech is too fast Remembering new words Slang words Idioms Lack of time Difficulties to following Others (please ……………………………………………………….…………… specify): Do English subtitled movies help first-year English major students to improve their English communication skills? A Very much B Much C Quite much D Not at all How your evaluate the effectiveness of the following methods to improve communication skill for the first-year English major students when watching English subtitled films? (Put a tick in the appropriate column) Methods Extremely Effective Effective Normal Inefficient III 1.Choose an interesting movie that matches your current English level Repeat the speech of the characters Watch with and without subtitles Imitate the character's intonation and pronunciation 5.Practice with your favorite scenes What you think should to help students use English subtitled films more effectively? (Please tick the answers, and you can choose more than one following options) A Give students a lot of suitable English subtitled films B Prepare suitable English subtitled films and also contents C Give students some useful suggestions related to the topic for students to follow D Give clear instructions for each lesson (for example: how to hear more effectively, how to quick notes ) E Give more helpful tips on how to use English subtitled films effectively for learning F Encourage students to choose their favorite English subtitled films to improving listening skills G Suggest a suitable schedule for using English subtitled film H Give us appropriate and immediate feedback on English subtitled films in class IV I Encourages discussion in English after watching English subtitled films J Organize games through English subtitled films K Teachers don't need to more Others (please specify here): ………………………………………………… Thank you for your cooperation! V APPENDIX SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE FOR STUDENTS Hello! My name is Ninh Thị Thương, I am from class TAK15.1, Faculty of Foreign Language at Hung Yen University Technology and Education This survey questionnaire is designed for my study entitled “A study on learning English through movies to improve English communication skills for the first-year English major students at Hung Yen University of Technology and Education.” Your answers will be a precious contribution to the success of this research All the information provided by you is for learning purposes only and you can be confident that your identity will not be disclosed in any discussion of data Your answer will help me a lot in the research process Please put a tick () in the appropriate box; circle the letter a, b, c or give short answers in the provided space Thanks you so much for your help! C GENERAL INFORMATION Class: …………… Age: ……………… Gender: Male □ Female □ How long have you been learning English? ………year(s) D ANWSER QUESTION Part I Attitudes and perceptions of first-year English major students at UTEHY regarding learning English communication skills through watching movies with English subtitles What you think about important of English communication skills? A Very important B Important C Quite important D Not very important at all What you think about the necessity of using movies with English subtitles on learning communication skills? A Very necessary C Quite necessary VI B Necessary D Unnecessary 3.How often does your teacher use movies with English subtitles in communication lessons? A Always C Sometimes Often B D Never What you think about learning communication skill through watching movies with English subtitles? A Interesting C Normal B Exciting D Boring How often you practice communication by watching movies with English subtitles at home ? A Usually C Rarely B Sometimes D Never Part II The difficulties and benefits on watching movies with English subtitles in learning English communication skill of the first-year English major students at UTEHY What are your difficulties in learning English communication by watching English subtitled movies? Difficulties Strongly Agree Disagree Strongly agree disagree Facing with limited vocabulary Character’s speech is too fast Remembering new words Slang words Idioms VII Lack of time Difficulties to following Others (please specify) :……………………………………………………………… What is your opinion about effectiveness of English subtitled movies on learning communication skill? (1 - Strongly agree; - Agree; - Don’t know; - Disagree; – Strongly disagree) Choices\ Agreement Get to learn “real English” used in real life situation not textbook English Natural pronunciation Improve intonation Naturally develop your English listening and speaking skill Learn English words in context Do English subtitled films help you to improve your communication skill? A Very much B Much C Quite much D Not at all Part III Methods to develop communication skill through watching movies with English subtitles for the first-year English major students at UTEHY How you evaluate the effectiveness of the following methods to improve communication skill for students when watching English subtitled movies? VIII (Put a tick in the appropriate column) Methods Extremely Effective Normal Inefficient Effective 1.Choose an interesting movie that matches your current English level Repeat the speech of the characters Watch with and without subtitles Imitate the character's intonation and pronunciation 5.Practice with your favorite scenes 10 What you think the teacher should to help students use English subtitled movies more effectively? (Please circle the answers, and you can choose more than one following options) A Give students a lot of suitable English subtitled films B Prepare suitable English subtitled films and also contents C Give students some useful suggestions related to the topic for students to follow D Give clear instructions for each lesson (for example: how to hear more effectively, how to quick notes ) E Give more helpful tips on how to use English subtitled films effectively for learning IX F Encourage students to choose their favorite English subtitled films to improving listening skills G Suggest a suitable schedule for using English subtitled film H Give us appropriate and immediate feedback on English subtitled films in class I Encourages discussion in English after watching English subtitled films J Organize games through English subtitled films K Teachers don't need to more Others (please here):………………………………………………………………… Thank you for your cooperation! specify X APPENDIX INTERVIEW QUESTIONS FOR STUDENTS Question 1: Do you like watching English subtitled films in communication lessons? Question 2: what are the benefits of using English subtitled movies in English communication lesson? (In what ways) Question 3: What problems you have while learning English communication skill through English subtitled films? Question 4: What methods you think is the best way to learn English communication through subtitled English movies?