The Impact of Authentic Movies on EFL Students' Pronunciation in Media Department

Abstract

This study is designed due to a consideration that pronunciation has always been the most challenging skill faced by EFL students. Media is very helpful in improving their pronunciation ability. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to identify whether the movie is a good medium to improve students’ pronunciation or not and to find out students’ perception toward using movie as a medium in learning English pronunciation.

This research took place in Tikrit University, at the second semester of Media department students. Thirty students had participated in this research. This research applied a quantitative approach and used a pre experimental research design including pretest and post-test. The data were obtained from both tests to measure the students’ ability. The result showed that movie is effective in improving students’ pronunciation ability. It is proved by the mean score of post-test which was higher than that of pre-test. The mean score of pretests was 49,01 while that of post-tests was 68,55. After all, movie can help students to construct their ideas in practicing pronunciation better than before.