USING ENGLISH SUBTITLED MOVIES AS VOCABULARY LEARNING MEDIA

Bima Alpares Riyadi Pangestu; Enni Erawati Saragih; Indah Sri Redjeki

Bima Alpares Riyadi Pangestu
Enni Erawati Saragih
Indah Sri Redjeki

Keywords: English subtitled movies, learning media, vocabulary learning

Abstract

Films are one of teaching resource that can be used to help students learn languages. English subtitled movie is a learning media that suits the students’ needs in learning English, especially vocabulary learning. The purpose of this paper was to describe students' perceptions on the use of English subtitled movies as vocabulary learning media that were discussed in three aspects: effective, interesting and motivating learning media. The research data was taken using two instruments: questionnaire and interview. The results of this research stated that English subtitled movies could be used as effective, interesting and motivating vocabulary learning media that could help students learn and get new vocabulary as well as develop their English vocabulary.