THE EFFECT OF SUBTITLED MOVIES ON LISTENING COMPREHENSION OF EFL LEARNERS.docVIP

THE EFFECT OF SUBTITLED MOVIES ON LISTENING COMPREHENSION OF EFL LEARNERS 　　Abstract As one of the most important communication skills， listening plays a crucial role in English teaching. Therefore， it’s significant to find an effective teaching mode to improve students’ listening. This paper aimed at exploring the effect of subtitled movies on listening comprehension of EFL learners. 　　Key words subtitle， subtitled movies， EFL， listening 　　中图分类号：H319.6 文献标识码：A 　　INTRODUCTION 　　With the rapid economic globalization and cultural assimilation， English has become the dominant language in international trade and communication. In order to meet the demand， almost all the colleges teach English as a second language in China. The objective of English teaching is to cultivate students’ English synthesis application ability so as to get students ready for cross-national communication in their future development. 　　Of the four basic communication skills （reading， writing， speaking， listening）， the skill of listening is most frequently employed （Purdy Borisoff， 1997）. Therefore， how to improve students’ listening comprehension becomes the key concern of all EFL teachers. 　　The language theorist Krashen （1985） stated that “humans acquire language in only one way—by understanding messages or by receiving ‘comprehensible input’” （p.2）. That is to say， listening is all that is necessary for language acquisition. This is true to great extent， as one can only learn a new language through listening first. Brown （1987）， one of the pioneers of listening research， claimed that listening plays a foremost important role in language acquisition， and it is the basis of communication， the foundation of all life-long language activities. So it is of great importance to perform research on listening. 　　With the increasing access to modern facilities like TV， video and Internet， teachers have more opportunities to use audiovisual materials at all levels to effectively promote langu