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摘要看电影学英语是当下非常流行的一种学习方法，很多英语学习者希望通过这种方式既轻松又快捷地进行学习，从而改变语言学习单调枯燥的现状。与传统的英语教学方法相比，看英文电影学习英语有很多的好处：激发学习英语的兴趣、提供真实语境以及地道的表达方式、题材和内容的多样性，有助于加强对西方文化的学习等。因此，“看什么”“怎么看”就成为了想通过电影学习英语的人们必须注意的一个问题。本文结合实验及试卷考查等形式，通过研究英语电影的类型、字幕存在与否以及观看次数对于学习者效率的影响，力图总结出一套切实有效的基于影视的英语学习方法。28928
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毕业论文外文摘要
Title Effects of Movie Watching on English learning
Abstract
Watching English movies is a very popular way to learn English as many English learners hope to study in a relaxing and rapid way through this method. Compared with the traditional way of English teaching, there are many advantages of watching movies to learn English: arousing the interest of English learners, providing the real-life context, local expressions as well as a variety of materials and contents, etc. Therefore, “what to watch” and “how to watch” have drawn the attention of those who want to learn English through watching movies. The thesis attempts to find out the optimal way of English learning by watching movies, combing the methods of experiments and questionnaires and probing into the roles of the following variables including the types of movie materials, the existence of subtitles and the times of watching movies.
Keywords movies English learning movie types subtitles
Table of Contents
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Literature review 3
1.2 The purpose of this thesis 4
2 Experiments and their Findings 4
2.1 The influence of the types of movies on English learning
2.1.1 Subjects 4
2. 1. 2 Purpose 4
2. 1. 3 Questionnaires 5
2. 1. 4 Data analysis 12
2. 2 The influence of subtitles on the English learning 12
2.2.1 Subjects 12
2.2.2 Purpose 12
2.2.3 Questionnaires 12
2.2.4 Data analysis 16
2.3. The influence of the times of watching movies on English learning 16
2.3.1 Subjects 16
2.3.2 Purpose 16
2.3.3 Questionnaires 17
2.3.4 Data analysis 20
3 Limitations 20
4 Conclusion 21
5 Acknowledgements 22
6 References 23
Appendix A Questionnaire about the effects of the kinds of movies on English learning 28
Appendix B Questionnaire about the effects of the subtitles of movies on English learning 30
Appendix C Questionnaire about the effects of the times of watching movies on English learning 32
1 Introduction
1.1 Literature review
Educationalists have been trying to improve teaching quality for many years, of which the effects of movies on second language acquisition have drawn the attention of scholars at home and abroad. Brown, L. G. (2008）claimed that it is a very popular teaching method to apply multi-video to classroom instruction. Wu, T. L.（1993）said that interactive video (IVD) has the obvious advantages compared with traditional teaching methods because it makes it possible to create an authentic language environment and expand the range of classroom activities. Nation, S. P. (2006) proposed that movies have the advantages of providing strong visual support and watching movies can help the growth of vocabulary. In China, Hu (2011) has expressed her view that British and American movies can provide students with platforms to learn and understand foreign cultures by triggering students’ enthusiasm and initiative to learn. This will allow students to take the initiative in the English learning “situation”. In addition, Isnaili, M. (2013), Gambrell, B. and Jawits, B. (1993) concluded that movies can deepen students’ original understanding of a concept or story through combing the new background information provided by movies because the EFL students may activate prior knowledge when appreciating movies in class. Isnaili, M. (2013) claimed that movies may help develop writing skills because they provide motivating clues accompanying audio or written inputs, also fostering comprehension and oral expression.