Innovation in Language Learning

The present study aims to investigate whether watching movies in the English language classroom can improve the EFL learners’ vocabulary acquisition, compared to the traditional methods of passage reading, passage scanning, passage skimming, word list memorization, translation, etc that are prevalent nowadays in vocabulary teaching classroom and propagated in most of the available vocabulary/reading textbooks. In addition, the study explores the vast range of possible language activities and tasks that can be based on watching subtitled movies. Additionally, the study will attempt to identify areas where an involvement could substantially improve the learners’ ability to acquire vocabulary in a semi-authentic manner. Furthermore, being in an interactive environment could help the learning process to be achieved. Lastly, the study aims to introduce a module on vocabulary acquisition through watching subtitled movies, which may be integrated within the EFL syllabus. The study will be applied on Saudi EFL students at university of Qassim, Saudi Arabia. Data will be collected from experimental and control students via watching subtitled films. . There will be three instruments used in this study. They are, profiling questionnaire, pre-test and post-test, and Interviews. Results will reveal significant differences between the experimental and control groups in regards of using subtitles films in second language vocabulary acquisition.

Keywords Films, SLVA, flipped classroom, subtitle