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Teaching English Through English Movie: Advantages and Disadvantages
Teaching English Through English Movie: Advantages and Disadvantages
Teaching English Through English Movie: Advantages and Disadvantages
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teaching of English should be active, Alberta (2013, p.14) stated
innovative, creative, educative, and English movies usually subordinate
enjoyable. narrative technique to keep the
In order to deepen teaching audience focused on character and
reform and improve teaching quality, a story. This characteristic opens the
wide variety of teaching methods opportunity for English teachers in
should be used in the EFL classroom. Indonesia to bring movies into EFL
English teachers are not only classroom since the current curriculum
demanded to be creative in applying a (Curriculum 2013) emphasizes on
learning methods or strategies, but genre-based texts as English subject
also in using instructional media. material, and one of them is narrative
Since technology is an excellent genre. Teachers of English can use
method to reinforce and transform dull some kind of narrative English movies
lessons into attention-grabbing and such as action, drama, comedy,
motivating learning experiences, romantic, horror, science fiction,
English teachers should use interesting suspense or thriller, commentary,
technological media in the classroom. nonfiction, etcetera.
There are many technological media
that can be used in EFL classroom ADVANTAGES OF USING
such as websites, songs, games, cards, ENGLISH MOVIES
magazine, et cetera. Movie or film is There are many advantages of
one of instructional media that can be using English movie in EFL
used by English teachers to improve classroom. First, movies can keep
student¶s English skills. VWXGHQW¶V LQWHUHVW LQ OHDUQLQJ (QJOLVK
Mirvan (2013, p.62) stated that Using
TEACHING ENGLISH THROUGH English movies in the EFL classroom
ENGLISH MOVIES was new and very pleasant experience
Movies can be an entertaining for the students. The students enjoyed
and motivating tool for students. the assigned activities in the
Using movies has brought classroom. Students were more
authenticity, variety, reality and motivated to see and hear real life
flexibility into EFL classrooms. situation than to follow the activities
Movies provide the learners with real- in the text book. They gave impression
life language input, which may be that movies also provided a relaxed
difficult to receive otherwise in a non- atmosphere.
English-speaking environment. Second, movies can improve
Ruusunen (2011,p.13) explains that VWXGHQW¶VOLVWHQLQJVNLOO,QWKLVFDVHLW
there are several reasons to use is better for English teachers to play
English movies in EFL classroom. English movies with English subtitles.
Some of these reasons are authenticity, Rokni and Azzam (2014, p.721) stated
the quality and amount of input that movies with English subtitles had
provided by movies and the several a significantly positive effect on the
positive effects that movies have on students' listening skill compared to
language learning, for instance the the movies with no subtitles. Students
exposure to foreign language and the can listen to English being used in a
entertaining aspect of films which also very natural way. Some actors and
DIIHFWVVWXGHQWV¶PRWLYDWLRQ actress may speak too fast so that it is
difficult for students to understand
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how to speak well by imitating the movies with English subtitles, they
actors and actress in the movie. can learn some new words and phrases
Students can listen how to link their used in the movies, and also help them
words together. to acquire new vocabulary and idioms.
Fourth, movies can improve
VWXGHQW¶V SURQXQFLDWLRQ all know :H DISADVANTAGES OF USING
that English pronunciation is ENGLISH MOVIES
extremely difficult and when students As it is well known, everything
read words, it is very difficult for has its drawbacks. Aside from so
students to say the words. Listening to many advantages, the use of English
native English speakers talk to each movies in EFL classroom still has the
other can help students to hear how disadvantages or problems. First, it
words are pronounced. Students can takes long time to watch the movies so
know where to put intonation on that students
also
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take more time and effort to follow SOME SOLUTIONS TO
because they should read the subtitles OVERCOME THE
and watch the scenes at the same time. DISADVANTAGES OF USING
Second, students prefer watching ENGLISH MOVIES
actors or actresses to focusing on the To overcome the bad impacts
main instructional goal. Every student of movie, English teachers should
has their own favorite actors and consider the following solutions.
actress. When they watch a movie that First, teachers should use short
was starred by their favorite actors, English movie to save time in
they will focus on the actors, not on learning. There are some short
the main instructional goal. Students English movies that can be used by
will forget what the teacher asked English teachers in order that it does
before they watched the movie. Ying not take very long time from
and Zhang (2012, p.1011) states that classroom activities such as Endgame
the students may be attracted by the (with length time 8 minutes), The
actors and actress of the movie and Most Beautiful Things (with length
forgot the purpose and aim of time 11 minutes), Frozen Fever (with
watching the movie. While they are length time 8 minutes), Validation
watching the movie, they cannot pay (with length time 16 minutes), Alive
attention to their tasks.Third, fiction in Joburg (with length time 6
movies can make students think and minutes). Second, teachers should
imagine something illogically. As we always remind students the main
know, many English movies such as instructional goal before and after
Harry Potter, Narnia, Alice in Wonder watching the movie. English teachers
Land, and Peter Pan are not based on can always keep students
true story and illogical. Of course, It is concentration on their tasks by giving
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them answer sheet. English teachers
movie directors in producing movies. can also pause the movies when the
Bottomley and Richard (2013, p.5) students start not to focus and remind
states that after watching English them about their exercise. Third,
movies students sometimes imagine if WHDFKHUV VKRXOG FRQWURO VWXGHQW¶V
they were in a fairy tale world. They thinking, imagination, and emotional.
build their own fantasy and act like a English teachers should always
prince, a princess, a witch, or an angel. remind students that the movies they
Fourth, movies can make students watch are not real so that they do not
imitate bad scenes from the actors or be allowed to try the scenes at home.
actresses. As it is reported in some Fourth, teachers should select a good
news, many students become victims educational English movie. In
of bad effect of movies in every year. addition to selecting short English
There are some bad scenes of English movies, teachers also need to consider
movies that usually students imitate the value of movies. Since a good
such as fighting scenes, adult scenes, movie is a movie that contains good
smoking scenes, et cetera. Sargent moral value, teachers need to preview
(2005, p.350) reported that most of the movies first before playing the
Hollywood movies had a scene that movies in front of students the
showed the actor and actress were students. Beside short movies,
consuming cigarette. Endgame, The Most Beautiful Things,
Frozen Fever, Validation, Alive in
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Joburg are also educational English Bootomley, J.&Richard Haill. (2013).
movies with good moral value. Using films to teach language
and culture. International
CONCLUSION Journal of Language and
Movie or film is one of audio- Culture,4(1), 1-6
visual media that can be used by Champoux, J.E. & Robert, O.A.
English teachers WR LPSURYH VWXGHQW¶V (2007). Film as a teaching
English skills. There are some Journal of
resource.
advantages of using English movies in Management Inquiry, 8 (2), 240-
English teaching, such as movies can 251.
keep student¶s interest in learning
(QJOLVKPRYLHVFDQLPSURYHVWXGHQW¶V Kalean, I. (2013). Speaking skill
listening skill, movie can improve improvement by using movie as
student¶s speaking skill, movies can media. Educational Journal of
LPSURYH VWXGHQW¶V SURQXQFLDWLRQ , and Islamic University of Malang,
movie can improve student¶s 13(1), 155-160
vocabulary. However, teaching Mirvan. X. (2013). The advantages of
English through English movies also XVLQJ ILOPV WR HQKDQFH VWXGHQW¶V
has some bad effects or disadvantages, reading skills in the EFL
such as it takes long time to watch the classroom. Journal of Education
movies so that students may get bored, and Practice, 13(4), 62-67.
students prefer watching actors or
actresses to focusing on the main Pratiwi, M.R. (2010). Improving
instructional goal, fiction movies can pronunciation ability using
make students think and imagine English cartoon films.
something illogically, and movies can (Undergraduate thesis of Sebelas
make students imitate bad scenes from Maret University). Retrieved on
the actors or actresses. To overcome September 3rd, 2015
the bad impacts of movies, English Putra, I.P.B. (2012). Learning
teachers should consider some vocabulary using English
solutions such as teachers should use movies with subtitles in SMAK
short English movie to save time in Santo Yoseph. English
learning, teachers should always Educational Journal of Udayana
remind students the main instructional University, p.1-8.
goal before and after watching the
movies, teachers should control Rokni, S.J.A. & Azzam, J.A. (2014).
VWXGHQW¶V WKLQNLQg, imagination, and Movies in EFL clasrooms: With
emotional, and teachers should select a or without subtitles. The Dawn
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EFL teaching: the point of view
of teachers. (Undergraduate
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smoking. Adolescent Medical About the Authors:
Clinic Journal,16(3), 345-370. Armilia Sari is the student of the
Ying, W. & Zhang, H.F. (2012). The Graduate Program of Language
application of English movies in Education, Sriwijaya University.
higher vocational English Bastian Sugandi is the graduate of the
teaching. Sino-US English Graduate Program of Language
Teaching Jounal, 9(3), 1010-
Education, Sriwijaya University. He is
1014. an English teacher at the MTS Negeri
2 Bandar Lampung.
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