(1789)THE IMPACT OF MOVIE DISCUSSION ON LEARNERS’ ATTITUDETOWARD LANGUAGE LEARNING

摘要

Today, learning is a combination of receiving information and getting entertained and foreign languagelearning is not an exception1. Thus movies were used in this study as sources of pleasure2 to motivatelearners and help them learn more easily. The main aim of the study was to examine the impact ofMovie Discussion (MD) on Iranian secondary school level EFL learners’ attitude toward languagelearning. Different instructional methods were designed to present MD which could contribute to thedevelopment of learners’ attitude toward language learning. Three movies were chosen by theparticipants among nine. Short clips were extracted from the movies and various tasks were designedin a way that allowed the learners to discuss and interact in their groups. MD was held in three weeks,one movie for each session. This qualitative research relied on data collected through questionnaireresponded by selected learners, as well as interviews. The questionnaire was extracted fromGardner’s3 motivation and attitude test battery (MATB). The findings of this descriptive study revealedthat the use of MD had a positive impact not only on students’ attitude toward language learning butalso on participants’ confidence to speak. Although as part of learning process, learners took MD as abreak and enjoyed doing the tasks and activities. They admitted that MD tasks were meaningful,absorbing, exciting and pleasant. Thus MD minimized attitude problem as students became moreinterested with activities designed using MD and its tasks.