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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...