CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background of the study Language is essential for communicating in everyday situations and sharing thoughts and ideas in society. As the world has become more globalized, the ability to speak a foreign language, namely English, has become more necessary, especially in politics, science, and technology. For this reason, many countries throughout the world are making changes to their educational policy to include the learning of English in their curriculum. It brings the world closer, so listening skill is very important. It is one of four skills of English which help us understand what the orther say. Listening is the crucial skill to help people communicate and understand what the other exchange. People who have a good listening skill are much more likely to advance their careers. Moreover, a strong command of the English listening skill will leadto higher paying jobs, more social mobility, and a great deal of social success. However, learning a foreign language is very hard task for everyone, especially for students who live in another nation. It‟s very hard for them to understand a language, speak it fluently (Novitas ROYAL, 2010). Students at An Giang University also face this problem. There are many researches about how to improve listening skill of students. Ahmad Atawneh (as cited in Bachman Palmer, 1996, p.68; Carrol, 1968, p.5455) vocabulary has long been regarded as a vital component of communicative language ability.
CHAPTER INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Language is essential for communicating in everyday situations and sharing thoughts and ideas in society As the world has become more globalized, the ability to speak a foreign language, namely English, has become more necessary, especially in politics, science, and technology For this reason, many countries throughout the world are making changes to their educational policy to include the learning of English in their curriculum It brings the world closer, so listening skill is very important It is one of four skills of English which help us understand what the orther say Listening is the crucial skill to help people communicate and understand what the other exchange People who have a good listening skill are much more likely to advance their careers Moreover, a strong command of the English listening skill will leadto higher paying jobs, more social mobility, and a great deal of social success However, learning a foreign language is very hard task for everyone, especially for students who live in another nation It‟s very hard for them to understand a language, speak it fluently (Novitas- ROYAL, 2010) Students at An Giang University also face this problem There are many researches about how to improve listening skill of students Ahmad Atawneh (as cited in Bachman & Palmer, 1996, p.68; Carrol, 1968, p.54-55) vocabulary has long been regarded as a vital component of communicative language ability In the developing nation, watching online English movies through the internet is more and more popular They are available resources on the internet so students can watch anytime and anywhere With the efforts of students at An Giang University, students major in English have tried to develop listening skill In free time, they also spend a lot of time to watch the movies in which English movies but not pay attention advantages through watching online English movies Therefore, they not make use of the great environment to improve listening skill Thus, Herron (1995) indicated that… “Video is lauded for contextualizing language (i.e linking language form to meaning) and depicting the foreign culture more effectively than other instructional materials Videotapes permit students to hear native speaker interacting in everyday conversational situations and to practice important linguitic structures Unlike audiocassettes, video‟s visual dimension is thought to reduce ambiguities present in native speaker voices and to motivate students to want to learn the foreign language (Merita cited in Herron, et al., 1995, p.775)” Clearly, it is very useful to learn the foreign language through watching English movies Moreover, there are many benefits that can be achieved through English movies First, watching English movies creates a wonderful environment to chill out after a busy day Second, there are many advantages of English movies, not only as something enjoyable but also motivation to learn English Finally, students can also get more and more knowledge from English movies such as: pronunciation, vocabulary, intonation even western culture, habit, etc According to Champoux (1999), movies are a comfortable familiar medium to contemporary students that can keep students‟ interest in the theories and concepts under discussion Although most movies are fiction, they can offer powerful experieces that students are unlikely to have in a classroom Films scenes can offer visual portrayal of abstract theories and concepts taught in management and social science courses Explaining concepts through different film scenes bring theories closer to realistic situation Film can also provoke good discussion, assessment of one‟s values and self if the scenes have strong emotional content Cinema‟s ability to create a unique experience gives it unbeatable power as a teaching tool Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the reality and the effect of watching online English movies on learners‟ listening ability 1.2 Research title Therefore, in this thesis, our study focuses on the topic: “The effects of online English movies on 38AV students’ listening skill at An Giang University” With this topic, some main reasons and purposes for this study would be listed out in the next section “Rational” 1.3 Rationales Nowadays, English is very popular in the world and has become an international language in working world Most of people use it to exchange work and communicate with foreigners It is considered as a key of success This indicates that listening skill is an important skill in learning English and is one of the most four English skill If learners have a good listening skill, they will be more confident in works as well as learning environment Thanks to it, they can understand easily and clearly what their co- worker want to say It is a great use This proves that listening skill is important and necessary to everyone, especially for students Students will have many chances to work in foreign companies and have many exposure opportunities with the communication style of native speakers If students‟ listening skill is good, they will be able to find a lot of goog jobs in the future Also, they can have enough confident to assert themsevles in front of everone Moreover, nowadays, in Viet Nam, English is very popular and concerned in society also The English primary curriculum is united whole country The childrens who study at grade 1st begin to learn English However, in all school as well as in An Giang University, the reality of students‟ listening skill is not really good Students always have trouble in communicate with foreigners and they not understand what the foreigners say This makes their listening score lower than other skill Beside that, most students not realize the advantages of listening skill They think that listening skill is very difficult and complex They fear that they will mispronunce words So, they listen English unclearly and they are afraid to communicate with foreigners On the other hand, the reason why students not listen well is because of their unsuitable learning methods They not often practice listening skill at home and not pay attention to their pronunciation Because students have few chances to communicate with native speaker, the appropriate method is found to help students listen English better This method is learning English through watching online English movies Now, there are few researches refer to the effects of watching online English movies on students‟ listening skill This is still a new method with most of students So, they think that it is only a way to reduce stress They never think it can bring a lot of advantages to their listening skill Especially for English majored students as well as 38AV students From this study, students can know that watching online English movies is also a very effective method to make them listening better They can learn the pronunciation of foreigner and pronunce words correctly It is very important and positive for students From these reason, watching online English movies on 38AV students‟ listening skill at AGU is chosen to research 1.4 Research questions This research is conducted based on the following research questions: What are realities of watching online English movies on 38AV students‟ listening skill at AGU? What are effects of watching online English movies on 38AV students‟ listening skill at AGU? 1.5 The aim The aim of the study is to get to know the reality of watching online English movies on 38AV students‟ listening skill at AGU and to find out the effects of watching online English movies on 38AV students‟ listening skill at AGU The study can also find suitable solution to help An Giang University students as well as 38AV students know how to watch online English movies effectively In addition, to help students listening English well, teacher can use online English movies in classroom to create a native listening environment for students By this study, 38AV students‟ listening skill will be improved and quality of teaching and learning English at AGU are also increased 1.6 Research methodology 1.6.1 Population In this research, the English majored students are the objects of the study The large number of students in foreign language faculty is stable every year At present, faculty of foreign language has over 815 students in total concluding pedagogy and bachelor There are about 50 students in DH16TA, 52 students in DH16AV and 105 students in CD40AV for the first year; 52 students in DH15AV, 50 students in DH15TA and 100 students in CD39AV for the second year; 44 students in DH14TA, 50 students in DH14AV and 115 students in CD38AV for the third year; and the last year, there are about 46 students in DH13TA, 51 students in DH13AV All English majored students have studied four important English skills (speaking, listening, reading, writing) and have coverd five terms to learn listening skill In the class, teacher uses Interaction book and English language skills for IELTS test book to teach students They often ask students to listen the tape or recording in textbook to improve listening skill However, watching online English movies is still not considered as one way to practice English listening skill for students 1.6.2 Sample Due to the limitaion of time, research competence and finance, in this research, 46% of male students (23 students) and 54% female ( 27 students) from CD38AV are chosen among English mojored students at AGU to answer questions related reality of watching onlinr English movies and effects of watching online English movies on 38AV students‟ listening skill at AGU These participants have studied English for seven years in secondary school and high school before entering the college They also continue to study four English skill (reading, writing, listening and speaking) and such language elements as vocubulary, grammar, pronunciation and so on Moreover, they can exploit the internet effectively to learn English Therefore, they are paticipants in this research 1.6.3 Research design There are many kinds of research design such as desciptive design, experimental design, evaluation design, etc Each research design has some strong points and its bad points To rely on study condition about time and ability study, in this research, desciptive design is chosen to desbribe the reality of watching online English movies at AGU In addition, descriptive design also desbribes students‟ opinions about the effects of watching online English movies on 38AV students‟ listening skill at AGU 1.6.4 Data collection instruments Questionnaires To collect the sufficient data needed for study, a questionnaire consiting of 19 questions is designed for 50 students in CD38AV to know more about the reality of watching online English movies of them and find out the effects of watching online English movies on 38AV students‟ listening skill During the time questionnaire was set up, it underwent a lot of changes Right after the first drafts finished it was delivered to CD38AV class (50 students) as the pilot stage The pilot data was used to check for the reliability first Then it was delivered to 50 random students in CD38AV to exploit their level of agreement to each statement related to the reality of watching online English movies of CD38AV students and find out the effects of watching online English movies on 38AV students‟ listening skill at AGU Before using the questionnaire for the main scheme it was read and evaluated by teacher To ensure the reliability of students‟ responses the research gave clear instructions before doing the job The questionnaire consists of three parts with 19 questions: questions for background information questions for the reality of watching online English movies on 38AV students‟ listening skill at AGU questions for the effects of watching online English movies on 38AV students‟ listening skill at AGU Interview Beside the questionnaire, to make sure the reliability of data collected in this research, an interview checklist consisting of 10 questions was design to exploit students‟ feedback from the reality and effects of watching online English movies on 38AV students‟ listening skill at AGU The subjects of the interwiew were students selected among 50 students in the sample They are students who often watch English movies to improve their listening skill When they were interviewed, five students answered 10 questions in the interview checlist about the reality and the effects of watching online English movies on 38AV students‟ listening skill at AGU and their answers were written carefully 1.7 Structure of thesis This thesis consist five chapters Chapter one introduces general information of the study Chapter two reviews the literature Chapter three discusses research methodology and chapter four is the finding Conclusion, discussion and recommendation are summarized in chapter five of the research CHAPTER LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Introdution Literature review is a base of the research In this study, literature is built with three parts The first part is defination and clarifying of key terms including movies, listening ability In the second part, this is background of the study It concludes related studies in general and closed studies The third part is summarization and comments 2.2 Definitions of key terms 2.2.1 What is English movie? Definition of movie abound in the literature cited in Merita Ismaili (2013), Champoux (1999), Professor Sir Randolph Quirk (1987; 380), As Hornby (1995; 434) using the movie to develop English language, especially is speaking skill In his definition of movies, Champoux (1999) movies are a comfortable familiar medium to contemporary students that can keep students interest in the theories and concepts under discussion Although most movies are fiction, they can offer powerful experiences that students are unlikely to have in the classroom Film scenes can offer visual portrayal of abstract theories and concepts taught in management and social sciences courses Explaining concepts through different film scenes bring theories closer to realistic situation Film can also provoke good discussion, assessment of one‟s values and self if the scenes have strong emotional content Merita Ismaili (2013) said that movies were lauded for contextualizing language and depicted the foreign culture more effectively than other instructional materials Movies tape permits students to hear native listeners interacting in everyday conversational situation and to practice important linguistic structures to motivate students to want to learn the foreign language (Herron, et al., 1995, p.775) Besides, there are many definitions of movies According to Professor Sir Randolph Quirk (1987; 380) in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English said that “Movies is a story, play etc recorded on film to be show in the cinema, on television etc” while in http://www.thefreedictionary.com/film (021206) “Film is a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of image giving the illusion of continuous movement” According to As Hornby (1995; 434) in Oxford Advanced learner‟s Dictionary of Current English, said that “Film is a story etc recorded as set of moving picture to be shown on television or at the cinema” Therefore, English movies are a store of western life (European or American) which has been presented on television or at the cinema and become entertainment Television as media to present the movies has many functions Therefore, movie is one of entertainment which cannot be separated in our life now It is also become a medium to describe about human life and aspect of problem; it can be retell a story or event in the last time By watching movie, we can know about habit, culture or language in the world Many people spend their time in front of television just to watch movie, entertainment, new etc the reality, movies have great influence on audiences‟ life because movie is universal from for communication Moreover, movies provide language learners with the opportunity to view the social dynamics of communication as native listeners interact in authentic settings and the motivation to develop listening skill 2.2.2 What is online? There are many definition of online First, online is that a computer or device connected to a network (such as Internet) and ready to use (or be used by) other computers or devices Second, this is database, file, or webpage available for downloading or reading Also, this is services such as ticket reservation systems, or capability such as online help, available directly through a computer system or under its direct control 2.2.3 What are online English movies? A recorded sequence of film or video images displayed on a screen with sufficient rap idity as to create the illusion of motionand continuity in the Internet and it is talked, expressed by English in the internet Clips are short scenes from a movie or TV series uploaded onto YouTube Enhance is to increase in strength or amount (Longman, 1987: p 337) YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos The company is based in San Bruno, California, and uses Adobe Flash Video and HTML5 technology to display a wide variety of user-generated video content, including movie clips, TV clips, and music videos, as well as amateur content such as video blogging, short original videos, and educational videos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube) 2.2.4 What is listening ability? 2.2.4.1 Definition of listening There are many definitions of listening Listening skill can be defined as, “Listening is the act of hearing attentively” It is also a process similar to reading which should possess knowledge of phonology, syntax, semantics and text understanding Thomlison (1984) defines listening as, “Active listening, which is very important for effective communication” Listening can be also defined as, “More than just hearing and to understand and interpret the meaning of a conversation” "Listening" is receiving language through the ears Listening involves identifying the sounds of speech and processing them into words and sentences When we listen, we use our ears to receive individual sounds (letters, stress, rhythm and pauses) and we use our brain to convert these into messages that mean something to us Listening in any language requires focus and attention It is a skill that some people need to work at harder than others People who have difficulty concentrating are typically poor listeners Listening in a second language requires even greater focus Like babies, we learn this skill by listening to people who already know how to speak the language This may or may not include native speakers For practice, you can listen to live or recorded voices The most important thing is to listen to a variety of voices as often as you can 2.2.4.2 Types of listening Discriminative listening Discriminative listening is the most basic type of listening, whereby the difference between difference sounds is identified If you cannot hear differences, then you cannot make sense of the meaning that is expressed by such differences We learn to discriminate between sounds within our own language early, and later are unable to discriminate between the phonemes of other languages This is one reason why a person from one country finds it difficult to speak another language perfectly, as they are unable distinguish the subtle sounds that are required in that language Likewise, a person who cannot hear the subtleties of emotional variation in another person's voice will be less likely to be able to discern the emotions the other person is experiencing Listening is a visual as well as auditory act, as we communicate much through body language We thus also need to be able to discriminate between muscle and skeletal movements that signify different meanings Comprehension listening The next step beyond discriminating between different sound and sights is to make sense of them To comprehend the meaning requires first having a lexicon of words at our fingertips and also all rules of grammar and syntax by which we can understand what others are saying The same is true, of course, for the visual components of communication, and an understanding of body language helps us understand what the other person is really meaning In communication, some words are more important and some less so, and comprehension often benefits from extraction of key facts and items from a long spiel Comprehension listening is also known as content listening, informative listening and full listening Critical listening Critical listening is listening in order to evaluate and judge, forming opinion about what is being said Judgment includes assessing strengths and weaknesses, agreement and approval This form of listening requires significant real-time cognitive effort as the listener analyzes what is being said, relating it to existing knowledge and rules, whilst simultaneously listening to the ongoing words from the speaker Biased listening Biased listening happens when the person hears only what they want to hear, typically misinterpreting what the other person says based on the stereotypes and other biases that they have Such biased listening is often very evaluative in nature Evaluative listening In evaluative listening, or critical listening, we make judgments about what the other person is saying We seek to assess the truth of what is being said We also judge what they say against our values, assessing them as good or bad, worthy or unworthy Evaluative listening is particularly pertinent when the other person is trying to persuade us, perhaps to change our behavior and maybe even to change our beliefs Within this, we also discriminate between subtleties of language and comprehend the inner meaning of what is said Typically also we weigh up the pros and cons of an argument, determining whether it makes sense logically as well as whether it is helpful to us Evaluative listening is also called critical, judgmental or interpretive listening Appreciative listening In appreciative listening, we seek certain information which will appreciate, for example that which helps meet our needs and goals We use appreciative listening when we are listening to good music, poetry or maybe even the stirring words of a great leader 10 Table 4.4: The effects of watching online English movies in motivating to learn listening skill Valid Strongly disagree Disagree No idea Agree Strongly agree Total Frequency Percent 2,0 Valid Percent 2,0 Cumulative Percent 2,0 24 15 12,0 8,0 48,0 30,0 12,0 8,0 48,0 30,0 14,0 22,0 70,0 100,0 50 100,0 100,0 4.4.2 Data collection from the interview To collect further information about the effects of online English movies on 38AV students‟ listening skill at An Giang University In this study, students who are English majored students at AGU were interviewed When being asked about their English listening ability after watching online English movies, students agreed that their English listening skill was improved a lot According to Miss Phung, she said that she could pronounce some words correctly Another idea, Nhi showed that she knew some special slangs the teenagers in USA or Britain often use It reflects that watching online English movies have good impact to students‟ listening skill For question “Which skill have you been improved among four English skill after watching online English movies?” They students had different answer Trang said that all of skills were perfect, but Tho thought that only was listening skill Speaking and writing skill were Nga‟s choice My answered that she had been improved listening However, Nhi had different idea She showed that her reading skill had been improved than speaking and listening skill It means that skills that are improved depending on each learner, but almost they agree that listening skill will be improved after watching online English movies The participants also were asked the question: “Which things you apply in listening through watching online English movies?” Nhi said that she can listen the speech of the main actors to remember the structure of the sentences My answered differently She applied vocabulary, idiom, spoken language and intonation into her listening skill Nga showed that she can listen some structures and sentences Trang and Tho had the same idea with Nhi Their ideas are proves to believe that students will apply many things from online English movies into their listening skill 39 When being asked about the benefit they are get after watching online English movies, almost five students agreed that they got vocabulary Besides vocabulary, Tho also mentioned to intonation, Nga added structures, slang and My could pronounce some word correctly In short, watching online English movies bring many benefits to students With question “which are advantages of online English movies for students?” Nhi expressed his idea clearly She said that students‟ knowledge of language would be widen and students useful language for communication Tai agree that students gained vocabulary, improve pronunciation so their listening and writing would be improved Nga and Tho expressed agreement about advantages that are grammar and vocabulary Nguyen showed that students learned the way to pronounce and perceive context It means online English movies have benefits for students Five students were asked about their other ideas about online English movie Only am and Nhi have comment They mention to depending too much online when watching They think that is limitation Although there are many different ideas, in common, students don‟t deny the benefits of online English movies to their listening ability Summary: in this chapter four, we have discussed the findings through the result of the data analysis The result is subdivided into two sections: the reality of online English movies on 38AV students‟ at AGU and the effect of online English movies on listening ability From what discussed in this chapter give a conclusion that students ability was improved in postive way, English movies with online a great contribution to students‟ listening ability With question “which are advantages of online English movies for students?” Ngan expressed his idea clearly He said that students‟s knowledge of language would be widen and students useful language for communication Tai agree that students gained vocabulary, improve pronunciation so their listening and writing wold be improved Nhi and Mi expressed agreement about advantages that are grammar and vocabulary Nguyen showed that students learned the way to pronounce and perceive context It means online English movies have benefits for students Five students were asked about their other ideas about online English movie Only Nga and Tho have comment They mention to depending too much online when watching They think that is limitation Although there are many different ideas, in common, students don‟t deny the benefits of online English movies to their listening ability Summary: in this chapter four, we have discussed the findings through the result of the data analysis The result is subdivided into two sections: the reality of online English movies on 38AV students‟ at AGU and the effect of online English movies on listening 40 ability From what discussed in this chapter give a conclusion that students ability was improved in postive way, English movies with online a great contribution to students‟ listening ability 41 CHAPTER CONCLUSION- DISCUSSION- RECOMMENDATION 5.1 Introduction This chapter includes three parts The first part is conclusion It is the findings analyzing from the data The second part is discussion It discusses about the positive and negative aspects from the result of the findings The last section is recommendation It bases on the finding to recommend some useful solutions for students to improve English listening skill through watching online English movies 5.2 Conclusion 5.2.1 What is the reality of watching online English movies on 38AV students’ listening skill at AGU? Watching online English movies have a very important role on students‟ listening skill It is one of all methods to help students can listen English better ans students can get a number of benefits to improve their listening skill from watching online English movies In this study, we investigate about the reality of watching online English movies on 38AV students‟ listening skill at AGU As mention in the previous chapter, one of expectation in this research is to see 38AV students at AGU use online English movies to practice listening skill From data collection from questionnaire, we found that the most students like watching online English movies and they believed that watching online English movies is important to listening skill with 88% of students Next, the result of this study also expressed that students spend a lot of time to watch online Engliah movies 76% of the students spend about one hour aday to watch online English movies and 24% of the students spend little time to watch online English movies This mean that students believe watching online English movies can help them improve their listening skill In addition, they like watching most of kind of movies such as cartoon, romantic movies, science fiction, funny movies Moreover, they also admitted that they often watch online English movies when practicing listening skill with 60% of the students Beside, students often some activities while watching online English movies 74% of the students guessed the meaning of the story while watching online English movies Gennerally, 38AV students at AGU have a good cognitive about watching online English movies They usually spend a lot of time to watch online English movies From this, they 42 can improve their listening skill more quickly Moreover, students like watching online English movies that they like 5.2.2 What are the effects of watching online English movies on 38AV students’ listening skill at AGU? As mentioned in thr previous chapter, the main purpose of the present research is to examine whether onilne English movies can help to improve learners‟ listening skill Watching online English movies is good chance to develop English listening skill One of the expectations of this research is to see how many online English movies have influence on studens‟ English listening skill Therefore, in the study, questionnaires were used to find out about the effects of watching online English movies on 38AV students‟ listening skill at AGU of which seven factors are chosen to survey about the effects of onlne English movies on learners‟ listening skill The first, when being asked about the effects of watching online English movies, most of students (86% of students) agreed that watching online English movies can help them improve their listening skill The second, as we know vocabulary plays very important role in English listening, so 90% of students said that thanks to watching online English movies, they can improve their vocabulary knowledge and they can listen better However, in this study, 10% of students didn‟t recognize the importance of watching online English movies on voccabulary knowledge In addition, the participants were also asked about being familiar with native speakers‟ voice 62% of students agreed that thanks to watching online English movies, they can be familiar with speakers‟ native Next, 64% of students in this study informed that thanks to watching online English movies, they can be familiar with speakers‟ speed Finally, the participants were also asked about the effect of watching online English movies in motivating to learn listening skill 78% of students agreed that they had more motivation to learn listening skill thanks to watching online English movies However, 22% of students didn‟t recgnize that 5.3 Discussion Today, society is more and more developed, English become one of important tools in communication In addition, technology and information also develop Students have more chance to study Besides learning in class, many students use internet to watch online English movies every day As we know, online English movies are very useful for students to practice listening skill 43 According this study, most of students like watching online English movies and they think that it is important in listening skill Moreover, we are also going to mention in this part related to students‟ timing for watching online English movies In this study, 76% of students spend about one hour aday for watching online English movies This figure showed that students‟ timing for watching online English movies is so long It is enough for study to practice English listening skill and entertain as the same time every day It is good for students to pratice as well as to improve listening skill In addition, we discuss some activities that students often while watching online English movies Chacracters‟ voice in English movies is very useful for the audiences In this study, 62% of students pay much attention to speakers‟ voice It helps them learn the way native speakers use language and pronunciation Students also learn more vocabulary from watching online English movies According to Gimson (1980, p.297) recommends the foreign learners of English “to aim at a careful colloquial style of English in his own speech and, at the same time, be aware of the features which characterize the rapid colloquial style he is likely to hear from native speakers,” which can probably be achieved by listening to English songs and English movies whether spoken with the Received Pronunciation (which is the advisable accent by Gimson), Thanhks for many different characters‟ language The phrase of acquiring English pronunciation through listening to TV show, Suop Operas, radio broadcast and other visual and auditory mean is called, according to Gimson (1980) Moreover, students also often guess the meaning of the story while watching online English movies This study showed that 74% of students guessed the meaning of the story From the result of this research, 82% of students agreed that their listening skill has been improved strongly Beside, 90% students learn more vocabulary In other words, students can pronunce the words more exactly About 63% of students learn and be familiar with speakers‟ voice and speed Therefore, most of students are more to use English in real communication As a result, students should have good awareness about important role of English movies to their listening skill However, this research has also found some nagative points in English listening skill of 38AV students at AGU First, 12% of students mentioned that they didn‟t pay attention to the important role of watching online English movies According to Davis‟s research result, instead of limiting the activity to the confines of the classroom, by requiring students to go and interview individuals as homework, this allows the instructors to 44 incorporate actual conversational English practice into the students‟ language studies and yet still provide them with some sort of scaffolding Thus, with the provision of enough out-of-class guidance, the intimidating and overwhelming nature of learning outside the classroom becomes much more manageable With the futher development and enhancement of methods for providing a scaffolding direction for navigation as they encounter pragmatic listening and speaking learning experiences within the real world 5.4 Recommendation The result of the study showed that most of students at AGU had good awareness about watching online English movies A number of students spend much time to watch online English movies However, there are many students didn‟t pay attention to online English movies Students often read subtitles, they didn‟t listen characters‟ language to practice listening skill From what found in this study, it is important to mention some strong points that AGU, teachers and students can apply these in teaching and learning in English listening skill For AGU Due to the fact that students have few chances to interact with native speakers so AGU should create more chances for students listening native speakers‟ tongue, and students can improve their listening skill through watching online English movies Moreover, some wordshops about useful online English movies and websites playing these films also are celabrated to introduce for 38AV students at AGU For Teachers Although the selection and implementation of watching online English movies emphasis on the students‟ roles, teachers‟ roles should also be regarded in the success of English listening skill Watching online English movies plays a great important role in the success of the study Therefore, teacher while teacher while teaching English majored students pay much attention to play English movies for students It is one of the sources helps students acknowledge that what is learned in the language classroom is as authentic as in real life It also helps students increase their understanding of the native speakers‟ language Due to the fact that students have few chances to interact with native speakers, use target language outside classroom, non- native speaker teachers should use audio visual aids in order to help students effectively practice with the real language so teaching listening 45 through movies much important According to Mei-ling (2007), English films play a positive role in motivating students to learn English listening and speaking skill Teachers should have better understand what information students need to get In order words, teachers should pay attention to students‟ characteristics Teachers choose suitable movies with students‟ favorite movies or teachers can change kind of movies making interesting Teachers should choose and implement many kinds of English movies to students‟ learning style and levels In this study, 85% of students always pay attention to chacracters‟ language and as the result their listening skill has been improved Therefore, there should be more repeat the characters‟ language to enhance exciting during the time students watching online English movies A number of students didn‟n know how to improve listening skill through online English movies so it is very important that teachers should instruct directly for students what they during the time they watch movies For Students Students should also be more aware of the important role of studying English in the future It is the awareness of their studies that helps to increase their motivation and preferences for learning From the result of this research, a number of students spend much time every day to watch online English movies and it is very helpful for their listening skill so it is necessary for students to practice listening skill through online English movies every day Students should pay much attention to watching English movies to improve listening skill In this study, 70% 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An Giang University” Please read carefully the below statements related to the reality of using online English movies in learning listening as well as the effects of online English movies on 38AV students‟ listening skill at An Giang University And then, put an X into the column that best express your level of agreement I Participant’s background 1.1 Gender… Male Female 1.2 You come from… Countryside City Remoted area 1.3 Your average score in the recent semester 1.5 2.0 2.1 2.5 2.6 3.0 Over 3.0 1.4 I possess the following electronic items Computer Laptop Smart phone 48 II The below statements related to the reality of using online English movies in learning listening for 38AV students at An Giang University Please read them carefully and then stick X into the column that best express your level of agreement N0 Statement Strongly Disagree disagree 2.1 I think online No idea Agree Strongly agree English movies are very important in my listening skill 2.2 I spend about one hour aday watching online English movies 2.3 I often watch cartoon movies in English 2.4 I often watch romantic movies in English 2.5 I often watch science fiction movies in English 2.6 I often watch funny movies in English 2.7 When I practise listening, I usually online English movies 2.8 While I am watching online English movies, I often guess the meaning of the story 49 III The below statements related to “The effects of online English movies on 38AV students’ listening skill at An Giang University” Please read them carefully and then stick X into the column that best express your level of agreement N0 Statement Strongly Disagree disagree 3.1 I think online No idea Agree Strongly agree English movies help me improve my listening skill 3.2 Online English movies help me improve my vocabulary knowledge and I can listen better 3.3 Thanks to online English movies, I can listen English better 3.4 Online English movies help me be familiar with native speaker‟ voice 3.5 Online English movies help me be familiar with speaker‟ speed 3.6 Online English movies help me guess the meaning from the context 3.7 Online motivate English me movies to learn listening 50 INTERVIEW APPENDIX (For students) To help our group finish the study “the effects of online English movies on 38AV students‟ listening skill at An Giang University” please take the time to answer some question related to: (1) the reality of using online English movies in learning listening for 38AV students at An Giang University, (2) the effects of online English movies on 38AV students‟ listening skill at An Giang University Your answer plays very important role to the success of this study I General information: Name: ………………………………………… Class: ………………… Male: Female: II Student’s viewpoint on watching online English movies: How you feel about watching online English movies? ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… Why you like watching online English movies? ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… What did students while watching online English movies (watch and take notes some good structures or idom…)? 51 ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… What are some good websites that you often watch online English movies? ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… What you think about students‟ opportunities to watch online English movies in class? ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… What you think about your English listening ability after watching online English movies? ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… Which skills have students been improved among the skill after watching online English movies (speaking, listening, reading or writing)? ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… 52 ……………………………………………………………………………………… Which things you apply in listen skill through watching onilne English movies? ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… Which are benefits that you got after watching online English movies? ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… 10 In your opinion, what are advantages of watching online English movies for students? ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… THANK YOU FOR YOUR CO- OPERATION 53 [...]... because they had laptop, ipad and iphone It means that today students have full equipmet to online English movies In conclusion, students at An Giang University have good condition to online English movies 4.4 The effects of watching online English movies on 38AV students’ listening skill at AGU 4.4.1 Data collection from the questionnaire The effect of watching online English movies on developing listening. .. used online English movies to practice listening skill However, there still are 14% students (7 students) who didn‟t use online English movies to practice listening skill (See figure 4.10) 29 Figure 4.10: The reality of watching online English movies while practicing listening skill The reality of guessing the meaning of the story while watching online English movies When watching online English movies, ... about reality of watching English movies of 38AV students at AGU and find out the effects of watching online English movies on 38AV students‟ listening ability Then, the questionaire is collected and anylyzing the data Beside, toward an interview checklist students will give their ideas on the reality and the effects of English movies on 38AV students‟ listening skill at AGU At the end, the result report... in the English listening skill However, 4% of the participants (2 students) didn‟t admit the important role of watching online English in their listening skill The result showed that many English majors at An Giang University paid much attention to the important of online English movies in their listening skill (See figure 4.5) 23 Figure 4.5: Students’ attitude toward the important of watching online. .. Questionnaire 16 To collect the sufficient data needed for study, a questionnaire consiting of 19 questions is designed for 50 students in CD38AV to know more about the reality of watching online English movies of them and find out the effects of watching online English movies on 38AV students‟ listening skill During the time questionnaire was set up, it underwent a lot of changes Right after the first drafts... online English movies Students’ time for watching online English movies As we know, time is an important factor to learn English listening by watching online English movies If we spend 1 hour to watch online English movies every week or every month, it is not enough time to develop listening skill by English movies When asked about time for watching online English movies In the research, 52% of the. .. the effects of watching online English movies on 38AV students‟ listening skill at AGU 3.2.2.2 Interview checklist Beside the questionnaire, to make sure the reliability of data collected in this research, an interview checklist consisting of 10 questions was design to exploit students‟ feedback from the reality and effects of watching online English movies on 38AV students‟ listening skill at AGU The. .. 12% of participants (6 students) use Smartphone Look at the figures below (figure 4.4) which shows detail about possess electronic devices 22 Figure 4.4: Students’ electronic 4.3 The reality of watching online English movies on 38AV students’ listening skill at AGU 4.3.1 Data collection from questionnaire Students’ attitude toward the important of watching online English movies As we know online English. .. favorite English movies with online In another hand, 14% of the students (7 students) disagree with watching favorite English movies with online (See figure 4.12) 34 Figure 4.12: The effects of watching online English movies in helping for students to listen better The effects of watching online English movies in being famillar with native speakers’ voice When watching English movies with online, ... watch online English movies every day in their English listening The result showed that many English majors at An Giang University pay much attention to timing of online English movies in their English listening (See figure 4.6) 24 Figure 4.6: Students’ time for watching online English movies Students’ attitude toward watching cartoon movies in English Watching favorite online English movies is very important