Enhancing Pronunciation Learning through Intralingual Movie Subtitling in a Thai University Context
- Eric A. Ambele, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand, agrie.a@psu.ac.th
- Fedelis T. Abam, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Phuket Rajabhat University, Thailand
Abstract
At present, many students watch movies but they are unaware of the enormous benefits; movies can help them achieve effective English pronunciation. As a result, this study was set out to investigate how English subtitles can be used to enhance and facilitate students’ pronunciation learning. This quantitative study was conducted with 35 final year Thai English-majored students in a university in Southern Thailand. The data were collected from the participants through a questionnaire after watching a movie with intralingual subtitles. Frequency-percentages as a descriptive statistical tool were used to analyze the data to effectively demonstrate how intralingual subtitling can better improve English pronunciation. The results revealed that watching English intralingual subtitled movies has a positive impact on improving Thai students’ English pronunciation skills, as well as their vocabulary. Such results can provide insights for students, teachers, and curriculum designers into realizing the benefits of English intralingual movie subtitling in learning and developing the students’ English pronunciation skills. It could also enhance the opportunity to incorporate English movies in the classroom within the context of ICT-based learning, which could serve as a motivation for the students in general.
Keywords: Intralingual, subtitling, movies, pronunciation learning, university students, Thai context
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