Résumé:
This research that is entitled ‘The Effect of the Exposure to an English speaking Film
on the Acquisition of Formulaic Expression’ helps us to get a new method in teaching
formulaic expression. The main problem that we found in teaching and learning formulaic
expressions’ is that learners’ misuse of these expressions in context. This problem may be due
to the old methods that are followed in teaching formulaic expressions. Those methods do not
help learners to use formulaic expressions in specific context. They just help them how to
master their structures. For that we suggest exposing learners to an English speaking film,
namely Harry Potter, which we think will help learners in acquiring and using formulaic
expressions in real context. It is hypothesized that if teachers at the Department of English, in
both Mohamed Sadik Ben Yahia and Glory School, exposed learners to English speaking
films, their learners would acquire and use formulaic expressions in real contexts. In this
research, we adopt two kinds of means of research, a teacher questionnaire and an
experimental design. We administered teacher questionnaire to oral expressions teachers in
both institutions to see their attitudes towards the use of films EFL classrooms and we adopt
the experimental design (pre-test, treatment and post-test) in order to see the effectiveness of
film in acquiring formulaic expressions. The results of the questionnaire and the experimental
design demonstrate that film helps intermediate learners to acquire formulaic expressions and
use them in appropriate context. The hypothesis has thus been confirmed.
