English Movie as an Input Model for Students’ Speaking Ability in Transactional and Interpersonal Conversation
Seminar Proceedings, Current Trends on Research Methodology in English Language Teaching. Banjarmasin: STKIP-PGRI, 17 February 2016
Risda Asfina
State University of Malang
finfrensz.caprime@gmail.com
Abstract
Speaking is the process of building and sharing meaning through verbal and nonverbal symbols in various contexts. As one of the genre in genre-based approach, transactional and interpersonal conversation is the conversation that involves the exchange of goods / service / information, personal and social relations; therefore, they have direct involvement to the students’ real life. As a consequence, besides knowing the language used for the conversation, the students also need to understand the context and situations when and how to use the expressions in the conversation. This paper aims to discuss the use of English movie in teaching speaking transactional and interpersonal conversation as an input model medium to improve students’ speaking ability. Speaking as a language skill cannot be separated from the language components such as vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar. The use of English movie is relied to cover those language components which necessarily enhance the students’ speaking skill. Moreover, the use of English movie in Modelling of the Text (MoT) stage as proposed in genre-based approach covers several aspects, such as cultural context, social function, schematic structure, linguistic features, and using spoken language to focus on written text. However, an important thing is that the teachers need to select the movie to be used considering the interest, the relevance, and the length of the movie.
Key words: English movie; students’ speaking ability; transactional and interpersonal conversation
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Risda Asfina
State University of Malang
finfrensz.caprime@gmail.com
Abstract
Speaking is the process of building and sharing meaning through verbal and nonverbal symbols in various contexts. As one of the genre in genre-based approach, transactional and interpersonal conversation is the conversation that involves the exchange of goods / service / information, personal and social relations; therefore, they have direct involvement to the students’ real life. As a consequence, besides knowing the language used for the conversation, the students also need to understand the context and situations when and how to use the expressions in the conversation. This paper aims to discuss the use of English movie in teaching speaking transactional and interpersonal conversation as an input model medium to improve students’ speaking ability. Speaking as a language skill cannot be separated from the language components such as vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar. The use of English movie is relied to cover those language components which necessarily enhance the students’ speaking skill. Moreover, the use of English movie in Modelling of the Text (MoT) stage as proposed in genre-based approach covers several aspects, such as cultural context, social function, schematic structure, linguistic features, and using spoken language to focus on written text. However, an important thing is that the teachers need to select the movie to be used considering the interest, the relevance, and the length of the movie.
Key words: English movie; students’ speaking ability; transactional and interpersonal conversation
Download Full Article (PDF): https://drive.google.com/file/d/15E9rdzsNrTgKdijEXlamPmYMKUPcr_hJ/view?usp=sharing
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