Subtitled movies and reading comprehension

Abstract

This research project aimed to evaluate the influence of subtitled movies on reading comprehension in students of B1 pre-intermediate level (Empower class) at Cambridge School of languages. The design of this research was quasi-experimental. The Preliminary English Test (PET) reading section was used as a tool to gather the data. Thisexam was applied as a pre-test and post-test. The different parts of the test were essentialto consider because the questions were invited to develop the reading subskills.There were 9 treatments, 7 classes and 2 sessions to take the test. In the treatment phase learners watched subtitled movies in order to reinforce and improve theirreading comprehension and they worked on autonomous tasks based on subtitled movies to show their reading comprehension. The data obtained were analyzed through the employment of IBM statistical (software) Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Thissoftware was essential to verify the hypothesis. A study of normality, a non-parametric test of two samples of Wilcoxon and Wilcoxon hypothesis test summary were utilized to analyze the results and determine a final decision. In this case, the results were 0,27 in Wilcoxon hypothesis test summary which means that it is under 0.05, it indicated that it was necessary to reject the null hypothesis and approve the alternative. Additionally, based on the results of this study, subtitled movies influenced on students' reading comprehension because the numerical data gathered showed that students improved it on each part of the test. For instance, identify details, analyze the text, and write the correct vocabulary words, and grammatical structures.