Open AccessMOVIES AND SERIES: AN AID FOR SECONDARY LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
Author(s) -
A P Dhanya
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
türk bilgisayar ve matematik eğitimi dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.218
H-Index - 3
ISSN - 1309-4653
DOI - 10.17762/turcomat.v12i4.1192
Subject(s) - entertainment , sample (material) , politics , language acquisition , english language , expression (computer science) , process (computing) , computer science , mathematics education , psychology , linguistics , political science , visual arts , art , law , chemistry , chromatography , programming language , operating system , philosophy
English, though an adopted language in colonized countries like India, has deep cultural roots there. Not only has English enriched the languages of these nations but has also lend itself to the medium of creative expression in these countries. It has become part and parcel of intelligence as well as emotional makeup of the educated people there. It is the language required by the world for greater understanding. Today, the compulsions of learning English are no longer nearly political but scientific and technological. Watching videos is always entertaining. Apart from entertainment, video watching is thoroughly a teaching and learning process. Therefore English language acquisition can be made easy with videos as an aid. The research seeks to prove how far videos help in language acquisition and the quantitative research analyses a sample group of children belonging to the age group of 8-10 years