Skripsi
The effectiveness of Theme-based Subtitled Videos (TVS) to improve efl junior high school students’ english vocabulary / Dini Ayu Riswanti
Abstrak
This current study aims to measure the effectiveness of theme-based subtitled videos (TSV) to improve EFL junior high school students English vocabulary. It also focuses on measuring the students rsquo opinions regarding the TSV implementation itself in the learning process. The study was carried out in a rural junior high school in Malang regency East Java. Twenty-six students of 7th grade were involved as the participants. Pre-experimental design was used as the method of this study to answer the research questions ldquo Is there any improvement in the students rsquo vocabulary skills after being taught by using TSV and ldquo What are the students rsquo opinions regarding the implementation of TSV in their vocabulary learning rdquo . Data were collected from the pretest posttest and a likert-scale questionnaire. Then pretest posttest and questionnaire results were further analyzed using a descriptive quantitative method. The results of the pretest and posttest showed a significant improvement of the students rsquo scores with an increased average from 14.73 to 18.42. The questionnaire results also revealed that the students even showed positive attitudes toward the implementation of TSV in their language learning. These findings inspire EFL teachers and students to consider using TSV to improve receptive vocabulary skills effectively.