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1.Introduction
Asweallknow,Englishiswidelyspokenintoday’sworld.Inmanycountries,itisusedastheirmothertongueorofficiallanguage.Withthedevelopmentofglobaleconomyandculture,theinternationalcommunicationisbecomingmoreandmorefrequent.Asacommonlyusedlanguage,itisnecessaryfornon-nativeEnglishspeakerstohaveagoodcommandofEnglishspeaking,listening,vocabularyandinterculturalcommunication.
Meanwhile,inChina,asaforeignlanguage,Englishisoneoftheobligatorycourseseachstudenthasbeenlearningfromprimarytocollege.Also,ChinesegovernmentattachesgreatimportancetothestudyofEnglish.
However,thecurrentsituationofChinesestudents’learningEnglishisnotsooptimisticthatmoreandmoreproblemshavebeenarising,suchasinaccuratepronunciations,lackofinterests,inadequatepracticeofspeakingandlisteningandinappropriateEnglishuse.Tosolvealltheseproblems,aneffectiveEnglishlearningmethodisurgentlyneeded.Englishlearningisindeedinfluencedbymanyfactors.Amongthem,motivationandlearningstrategiesaretwomainfactors(Tao,2012;Zhouetal.,2005).背景
IntheprofessionalliteratureofEnglishlanguageeducation,therearelotsofdiscussionsabouttherelationshipbetweenlearningEnglishandwatchingEnglishmovies(Jane,2002;Lin,2009;Wood,1995).PeoplegenerallythinkthatwatchingEnglishmoviescanimproveChinesestudents'skillsoflistening,speaking,readingandwriting,aswellasleaningmotivation.However,littleempiricalresearchhasbeenconductedabouttherealvalueandsignificanceofmovie-watchinginChinesestudents'Englishlanguagelearning.
Thus,theauthordidasurveybyusingquestionnairestoexplorestudents’attitudestowardslearningEnglishbywatchingEnglishmoviesandinvestigatethecurrentsituationofstudentsforusingEnglishmoviesintheirEnglishlearning.Also,itintendstoseekforsomeavailablemethodsfromstudentsaboutintroducingEnglishmoviesinEnglishlearning.
Theresultofthisstudywill,tosomeextent,provideimplicationsforteachingandlearningEnglishasaforeignlanguageintheChinesecontext.
Thiswholethesisconsistsoffiveparts.Thefirstchapterisanintroductionofthisthesiswhichpresentsthebackground,purpose,significanceaswellastheorganizationofthethesis.Thesecondchaptergivesareviewofthetheoreticalbasisofthestudysurvey.Thethirdchapterdealswiththedesignandmethodologyofthisstudysurvey.Itdescribesquestionsofthequestionnaire,subjectsofthestudysurveyandmethodsfordatacollection.Thefourthchapterpresentstheresultandstatisticaldataofthequestionnairesanddiscussionsofthedata.ThelastchaptergivesaconclusionofthestudysurveyanddiscussessomeimplicationsforEnglishlearning,inaddition,pointsoutthelimitationofthestudysurvey.
2.LiteratureReview
Havingintroducedthebackground,purposeandsignificanceofthethesis,theauthorwillreviewsomerelatedtheoreticalbasisofthethesis.RegardingthetopicofwatchingEnglishmoviestofacilitateEnglishlearningofChinesestudents,therelatedliteraturediffersinfocus,butinthisthesis,theauthorwillpresenttheliteratureintwosections.SectiononeisabouttheideathatlearningEnglishbywatchingEnglishmoviescanarousestudents’motivationforEnglishlearning.SectiontwoisthefocusoftheideathatwatchingEnglishmoviescanimprovestudents’abilitiesinlearningEnglish.WatchingEnglishmoviesisoneofeffectivelearningstrategies.
2.1EnglishMoviesandStudents’LearningMotivation
Inthebook,ANewConciseCourseonLinguisticsforStudentsofEnglish,motivationisdefinedasthelearner’sattitudesandaffectivestateorlearningdrive.Ithasastrongimpactonlearningaforeignlanguage(Zhouetal.,2005).Learningmotivationistheinternalcauseforpromotingstudents'learningactivities.Itisalsothegreatpowertoguidestudent’slearning.Students'learningactivitiesarecausedbyvariouskindsofmotivation.Thepsychologicalfactorsinclude:
learningneed,cognitionforleaningnecessity,interestoflearningandhobbiesorhabits(Zhouetal.,2005).
Thethingswhichmeetone’sneedsalwayscausehisorherpositiveemotions.Asoneofthepsychologicalfactors,interestisoneofthosepositiveemotions(Yi,2011;Zhouetal.,2005).Itisthepsychologicaltendencyforcausingstudents’learningactivities.Furthermore,itistheinnerpowerthatpromotesstudentstolearnthingsbythemselves.Therefore,ifstudentshaveinterestsinlearningEnglish,theywillcheerfullydevotethemselvestotheirstudyandexploration.
Actually,movieisaspecialkindofelectronicmedia,whichcombinessoundswithvideos,makingthetransferofinformationinacolorfulandvividway.Englishmoviesprovidealargeamountofvividandfreshlanguageinformation,whichchangesthedullEnglishlearningactivitiesintoanenjoyableprocess.Meanwhile,sinceEnglishmoviescombineEnglishlearningandentertainmentstogether,theycanprovidealargenumberofsoundandvisualmaterials.Thus,students’interestofEnglishlearningcanbegreatlyimproved(Li,2010;Liu,2011).Besides,withstudents’greatlearninginterest,Englishmoviescanfurtherarousestudents’learningmotivationforEnglishlearning.Therefore,watchingEnglishmoviescanberegardedasahelpfulwayinarousingstudents’learningmotivation.
2.2EnglishMoviesandEnglishLearningStrategies
InChina,theresearchonlearningstrategiesstartedafterthe1970s.Foroverthirtyyears,manyresearchers(Zhouetal.,2005)thinkthattheeffectiveuseofEnglishlearningstrategyplaysadrivingroleinthedevelopmentoflearners’learningabilityandtheirperformance.Scientificandefficientlearningstrategiesaretheguaranteeofsuccessfullearning.WatchingEnglishmoviesprovetobeoneofeffectiveEnglishlearningstrategiesinimprovingstudents’skilloflistening,speaking,vocabularyandinterculturalcommunication(Li,2011).
2.2.1EnglishMoviesandListeningLearningStrategies
Inlanguagelearning,listeningisanimportantcomponent.Humanbrainhasitsownwaytowork,andonlywithgreatamountofinputinformationcouldithavesomeproductions.Thematerialslearnerschooseforlisteningisessential.Scientificresearchesindicatedthatbrainisbetteratrememberingvoicesandimagesratherthanwordsandsignals(Zhouetal.,2005).
Inotherwords,materialswithvoicesandimagearemoreappropriateforstudents’listening.Besides,listeningmaterialswithproperdifficultyandspeakingspeedshouldbechosen.Englishmovieswithacombinationofsoundsandimagesshowthereallifeofnativespeakers,makinglearnersfamiliarwiththeirrealspeakingspeed(Zhang,2011).Inthelongrun,learningEnglishbywatchingmovieslaysagoodfoundationforlearnerstounderstandandcommunicatewithpeoplefromEnglishspeakingcountries.
2.2.2EnglishMoviesandSpeakingLearningStrategies
Speakingisanindispensablepartinourdailylife.Instudyandwork,goodspeakingskillscanhelplearnersexpressthemselvesandunderstandotherswell.Inspeakinglearningstrategies,imitation,paraphrasing,recitinganddiscussionscanincreasethecommunicativeabilitygradually(Zhouetal.,2005).
EnglishmoviesprovidegoodspeechtrainingconditionsforEnglishlearners.EnglishmoviesarethemostappropriatenativespeechmaterialsforEnglishlearners.EnglishmoviesmostlycomefromEnglishlanguagecountrieswiththelivelylanguagerelatedtolife.Whenwatchingmovies,learnerscanheartherealpronunciationandbefamiliarwithpeople’slanguagefeaturesfromdifferentages,careersandeducationbackground.Besides,Englishmoviescontainalargenumberofgoodvocabulariesandidiomaticexpressions.BecauseEnglishmoviesreflectthelifeofdifferentsocialgroups,therearealotofsociallanguagesamongthem,suchasslangsandidioms.
Aslivematerials,Englishmoviesdisplaygoodpronunciation,plentifulidiomsandcommonlyusednativeexpressions,whichareinlinewithEnglishspeakinglearningstrategies.LearningEnglishbywatchingEnglishmoviesisoneofeffectiveEnglishspeakinglearningstrategies(Li,2010;Liu,2011).
2.2.3EnglishMoviesandVocabularyLearningStrategies
Vocabularyreferstothereservoirofallthewordsandfixedphrasesinalanguage(Zhouetal.,2005).Itisoneconstituentelementoflanguage.Wilkins,anEnglishlinguist,oncesaidthatifoneknewtheappropriatevocabularywithoutmuchknowledgeofgrammar,communicationinaforeignlanguagemightnotbeverydifficult,butitwasnexttoimpossiblewithoutvocabulary.Therefore,masteryofenoughvocabularyassistsstudentsinunderstandingothersandexpressingtheirownthoughts(Zhouetal.2011:
43).Therearemanystrategiesforlearningandmemorizingwords,suchasmemorizingwordsaccordingtopronunciation,homophone,similarshape,classification,association,pictureandcollocations(Zhouetal.,2005).
Memorizingwordsbyallsensesisoneofthem.Mostinformationismasteredbyvisionandanotheramountofwordscanbememorizedbysounds.Withcombinationofvisionandsoundtogether,studentscanmemorizemore(Zhouetal.,2005).Englishmoviesprovideanexcellentwayofcontextualizedlearningintheformofvideos,whichcombinevisionwithsounds.Inthissense,watchingEnglishmoviesisoneofeffectivevocabularylearningstrategies.DuringwatchingEnglishmovies,moresensesareinvolvedinthevocabularylearning.Inthisway,studentscaneasilyremembermorewords.
2.2.4EnglishMoviesandInterculturalCommunication
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