EFL Teachers’ and Students’ Attitudes towards the Role of Subtitled English Movies in Enhancing Vocabulary Recognitio

Abstract

Vocabulary is considered as one of the most important component to be mastered when learning a foreign language. Failure to comprehend the text or subject, as well as the lack of vocabulary, are common issues among EFL learners . As a result, they attempt to use some techniques such as subtitled English movies to learn new vocabulary with its pronunciation and spelling.The aim of this research is to investigate teachers’ and students’ attitudes towards the role of subtitled English movies in enhancing vocabulary recognition. Two online questionnaires were administered; one to ten oral expression teachers in the department of English at Mohammed Seddik Ben Yahia University –Jijel and the second to, sixty five, first year students at the same university. The results obtained from the questionnaires confirmed the research assumptions, that both teachers and students hold positive attitudes toward the usefulness of subtitled English movies on enhancing vocabulary recognition. Thus, teaching vocabulary through subtitled movies is strongly recommended