English tv series and listening skill

Abstract

The use of authentic materials like tv series in the English classroom maintains learners motivated and interested in learning the language by watching and listening to how it is used in real-life situations providing samples of language, highlighting the importance of language input, and making the listening activities more attractive for learners. The main purpose of this research was to analyze how the use of English tv series influences the development of listening skills. This research had a mixed research approach and a descriptive level of research. Furthermore, the population included 151 learners corresponding to six groups from 4th to 7th semester from ‘PINE’ training program at Universidad Técnica de Ambato. Additionally, for the data collection process, a survey was applied in order to determine the relationship between both variables, English tv series and the development of listening skills; the survey included 20 multiple-choice questions and the options were constructed based on the Likert scale. Moreover, the Chisquare test was applied in order to prove the hypothesis and the effectiveness of English tv series on the development of listening skill. Finally, the results demonstrated that tv series have a positive impact on the development of learners’ listening skills, implying that those represent an advantageous tool to be included in the English lessons.