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The result of two journals Journals: Movies Supplement English Classroom to Be Effective in Improving Students’ Listening and Speaking Skills Improving Students’ Listening Ability through Movie Report The two journals explained that watching English films can improve students' speaking and listening skills in English. The first journal explain that Watching movies is a great way to improve English, especially listening and speaking skills. Films are not usually created for English language learners – they are made for native English speakers. Therefore, the language is exactly how it is heard it in real life – it is spoken quickly, with native accent and pronunciation and using many idioms and colloquial expressions. In the initial attempts of using films in English classroom may have mixed response. However, gradually after each attempt with a focus on selecting which movie would be suitable to the context would give overwhelming response. In providing the task based learning ...

Hellooo guys, in this time I would like to tell the comparison between two journals that I have read and chosen before. Jurnal 1: The first journal explain about. Teaching/learning process of English is always challenging hence its classroom activity should be creative. Since the hue and cry of the day is ‘develop your communication skill’, the role of English communication is much cited in this era of globalization as an important tool for job prospects, higher education and international business too. So, the English class room is now becoming a workshop of doing various activities for improving the learners’ basic communication skills creatively. As a Chinese proverb says: Tell me I forget, show me I remember, involve me I understand, the learner in English classroom today is expected to be involved in practicing communication skills. In such practice, several movie pieces and media clippings are there for ready use to supplement the class room activity in enhancing the above di...

Hello guys... I would like to continue my review about the journal that I have chosen before.  In this part the authors tell about Watching movies in English classroom help in many ways, there are: 1. Listening skills: The learners English being used in a very natural way. Students will also hear informal English and slag words and phrases that we often do not find in books or dictionaries. 2. Speaking skills: Hearing natives speak will also help learners speaking skills, especially fluency. Students will hear how to link words together and where to put intonation on certain words and sentences. 3. Pronunciation: Hearing native English speakers’ talk to each other will help to hear how words are pronounced. If students using English subtitles, they will also be able to see how the words are written. 4. Vocabulary: By watching English movies, students hear many new words and phrases, especially idioms and colloquial expressions. If students don’t understand a few new wo...

 Hello guys, I would like to continue my review about methodology in the journal. In his part, based on the authors of this journal watching movies is a great way to improve English, especially listening and speaking skills.   This methode recommended to all English language students to watch films in English in their spare time for additional practice, later he should be prompted to watch movie with English subtitles since the need of watching it is to improve English language skill. Replaying parts of the film that is not understood by turning subtitles on just for one important scene is always encouraging. It is advisable to watch the film or part of the film first with no subtitles, then with English subtitles and if it is not fully understood, it can be watched at a final time with subtitles in local language, this will help in practice of English listening skills. 

 Hello everybody, welcome back to my blog. Now I will discuss about the journal that I chose to fulfill the Critical Reading course, the tittle of the journal that I chose is “Movies Supplement English Classroom to Be Effective in Improving Students’ Listening and Speaking Skills- A Review”.   I chose this journal because as we all know that speaking and listening are very important in language learning, because to be able to answer someone's question or start a conversation we need to hear clearly what is being discussed and of course answer smoothly.  In this journal, it is explained that providing film intake to students can improve their speaking and listening skills in English. According to the author of this journal, t oday’s English classroom has gained a great attention to the use of various audiovisual programmes  in its teaching/learning process. It is a well-known fact that various audiovisual materials as sources  of authentic languag...