International Program Students’ Attitudes towards Using English Language Movies to Develop English Communication Skills
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The purpose of this study was to investigate International Program students’ attitudes towards using English language movies to develop their English communication skills. The participants included 128 undergraduate students who are studying in an International Program. The instrument used to collect the data was a questionnaire. The results revealed that English movies are an effective tool for developing English communication skills. In addition, the differences in students’ years of studying English, level of using English, and frequency of using English in everyday life affected their attitudes towards using English movies with English subtitles to develop their English communication skills.
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