Rising Students’ Cultural Awareness and Listening Skill: How to Use English Movies in EFL Classroom

Authors

  • Nurhuda. H Nurhuda. H

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31849/elt-lectura.v3i2.482

Keywords:

Cross Culture, Listening, EFL.

Abstract

The importance of teaching English culture through media in the EFL classroom has been discussed
a lot and widely recognized. How to use English movies to improve a student’s listening and speaking ability
in Indonesian EFL culture learning classrooms. Since a picture is worth a thousand words, many teachers use
movies in their classes. This study conducted in and through the Al-Amin Library at the University of
Muhammadiyah Makassar, over ninety (90) days. Primary searches will be conducted via the Internet through
EBSCO host with ERIC, Academic Search Elite and Google/ Google as the primary sources. Key search
topics include “culture learning”, “movie”, “EFL”, and “listening”. A brief review of literature on the studies
of culture teaching strategies employed by EFL learners were conducted. A second review of literature
relating factors include the importance of cultural teaching, why we choose movies to teach, how should the
teachers use movies.

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Published

2016-08-20

How to Cite

Rising Students’ Cultural Awareness and Listening Skill: How to Use English Movies in EFL Classroom. (2016). ELT-Lectura, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.31849/elt-lectura.v3i2.482