WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE - A STRATEGY OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDENTS TO IMPROVE ENGLISH VOCABULARY

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Vocabulary is a crucial component for learning English, supporting comprehension across listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Increasing vocabulary happens especially through listening, because students encounter new words and repeatedly build word mastery. English movies offer an engaging medium: by watching scenes, students hear unfamiliar vocabulary and retain it through both audio input and contextual understanding. Data were gathered via questionnaires and interviews, showing that English movie viewing helps students add vocabulary to memory through listening and scene observation.

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Introduction

Vocabulary and English skills

Listening support for vocabulary growth

Media and the role of English movies

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE?: A STRATEGY OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDENTS TO IMPROVE ENGLISH VOCABULARY Marta Widiawitasari Br Simamora1, Lulud Oktaviani2 Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia1,2 [martaw@xlfutureleaders.com](martaw@xlfutureleaders.com1)[1](martaw@xlfutureleaders.com1), [lulud_oktaviani@teknokrat.ac.id](lulud_oktaviani@teknokrat.ac.id2)[2](lulud_oktaviani@teknokrat.ac.id2) | Received: 26 October 2020 Accepted: 12 December 2020 Published: 30 December 2020 | | --- | | Abstract
Vocabulary is one of the most important language components in learning the English language. A vocabulary is several English words that are taught to students in the teaching and learning process which goes hand in hand with all four English skills, especially listening. By increasing vocabulary, students’ ability for better understanding in listening, speaking, reading, and writing will likely increase. The more they listen, the more words they will add to their mastering vocabulary. Moreover, many kinds of media may be used to exercise students’ ability nowadays, which include music, video, movies, etc. English movies can provide a great chance for students to learn English vocabulary by listening. This could happen because in watching movies students often hear new words that they may never hear before. The instruments used were questionnaires and interviews. The result showed that by watching English Movie they could add some vocabularies to their memory through listening and watching the scene in the English Movie.
Keywords: Vocabulary, English Movies, English Education | | To cite this article:
Simamora, M. W. Br. & Oktaviani, L. (2020). What is Your Favorite Movie?: A Strategy of English Education Students to Improve English Vocabulary. Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 1(2), 44-49. | INTRODUCTION To acquire English especially as a lingua franca (Pustika and Wiedarti, 2019), students need to master four English skills such as speaking, reading, listening, and writing. In Indonesia, English is a foreign language and it makes the teaching and learning process is not that easy although some students have learned English since they were in kindergarten (Oktaviani & Mandasari, 2020) . If students want to proficient in English, they have to acquire as much English Vocabulary as they can because vocabulary is one of the most important components in English. According to Endarto and Subekti (2020) vocabulary is one of the most basic and important pillars in mastering English. The more words they pick up, the more he/she becomes proficient in that language. Thus, vocabulary is taught to students in the teaching and learning process at English Education of Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia, vocabulary became one of the compulsory subjects in their second semester (Pedoman Umum Penyelanggaraan Pedndidikan FSIP, 2017) . In learning vocabulary, students will also need to train their listening skills because vocabulary and listening go hand in hand. Hence, an interesting listening activity will be the best choice for acquiring vocabulary since it can provide interesting activity with the opportunity to learn some new words and to become familiar with recognizing the spoken forms of known words. By increasing vocabulary, students’ ability for better understanding in listening, speaking, reading, and writing will likely increase. Oktaviani (2016) said that enhancing vocabulary mastery can increase university students’ speaking skills. The improvement of technology has brought diverse media that can be used as a method of gaining knowledge of English like Aminatun and Oktaviani (2019) said that technology usage can boost students’vocabulary mastery which covers spelling, pronunciation, and the usage of it in a sentence. Furthermore, many kinds of media may be used to exercise students’ ability nowadays, which include music, video, movies, etc. Oneof the effective ways that have been used to encourage language students to

FAQs

Why is vocabulary important for English learning?

Vocabulary is one of the most important components for mastering English and improves students’ understanding across the four skills, especially listening.

How do English movies help students improve vocabulary?

Students hear new words while watching, recognize spoken forms, and use the movie scenes to support vocabulary retention and comprehension.

What methods were used to collect the study data?

The study used questionnaires and interviews to gather students’ responses and information about vocabulary improvement.

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