The Use of Subtitled Videos for Vocabulary Learning

Abstract

The present study entitled ‘The Use of Subtitled Videos for Vocabulary Learning’ was carried to identify the use of subtitled videos for vocabulary learning writing activities and to explore the students’ perception towards the use of subtitled videos for vocabulary learning.The population of this study were students studying in grade nine from Kathmandu district, however, I selected forty students studying in grade 9 from five institutional schools by using simple random sampling strategy as a sample.A set of questionnaire consisting close-ended and open-ended questions was used as the tool for data collection. The findings of the study showed that 82.50% of respondents watch videos with subtitles once a week whereas, 17.50% participants do it once month. The data reveals that students are familiar with subtitles as all the participants responded that they watch videos with subtitles at least once a month.More than 80% respondents reported that the classes were taken with the help of subtitle for instructing English either once a month or occasionally. They commented that the teachers brought the downloaded video contents including subtitles in the classroom and used to play repeatedly by pausing and making the students read out when they could not comprehend the conversation. The data showed positive results on the use of subtitled video as a tool for learning vocabulary as 92.5 percent of the informants suggested subtitled videos as a beneficial tool to learn vocabulary. The results also claimed that the implementation of English subtitled video improves the students’ vocabulary as the comments from the students state that the use of subtitles bridges the gap between reading and listening skills. This thesis has been divided into five chapters. The first chapter deals with background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definitions of the key terms. Whereas, second chapter incorporates the review of theoretical and empirical literature,implications of the review of the study and conceptual framework. On the other hand, the third chapter deals with the methods and procedures of this study. Similarly, fourth chapter encompasses analysis and interpretation of data. Finally, fifth chapter deals with findings, summary, conclusion and recommendations of the study. And, in the final section, references and appendices are included.