Exploring the Benefits of English Entertainment Exposure As English Language Acquisition: A Students Perception and Experience
Abstract
English proficiency becomes significant factor in global communication
and development and the widespread of technology increases the exposure of
English language. Therefore, it is important to conduct study on how English
media and entertainment exposure can promote English language skills. This
study conducted using descriptive qualitative method with semi structured
interview through WhatsApp voice note on 5 students of English department to
identify the benefit of English entertainment such as video, music and English
based text on English skills. The results show that all the students give positive
responses. It is also confirmed that watching English movies facilitates students
with authentic material that develops students pronunciation, speaking fluency
and listening skills with the help of English subtitles. Regarding to English songs
the students mainly benefited through flexibility of using music, repeated words
and lyric that promotes listening skills as well as vocabulary knowledge and
retention while English text provides learner with wide array of vocabulary that
will help students to develop their vocabulary knowledge and well written
language structures and patterns that promotes writing skills and grammar. It is
suggested to directs the students to be exposed in English through entertainment
outside the class to promote their language skills.