How The Subtitled Viewing Help Students’ Vocabulary Learning

aunur r. mulyanto; nurhandayani supraptiningsih, m.pd.;

Septia Kusumaning Pratiwi: 1901055049. “How The Subtitled Viewing Help Students’ Vocabulary Learning”. Thesis. Jakarta: English Language Education Study Program Faculty of Teacher Training and Education. University of Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. Hamka, 2023.
This research aimed to explore how subtitles affect the students' vocabulary building because students' abilities to understand more when speaking, writing, listening, and reading will improve as their vocabulary increases. More terms will be added to their increasing vocabulary as they listen more. This study adopted a case study approach and was participated in by 84 English Education Department students. This study used Open-Ended Questions and Close-Ended Questions to collect the data. Through the thematic analysis and descriptive analysis approach, this study revealed key findings: (1) Students' prefer to use subtitles when watching English movies (2) The subtitles they use are both English and Indonesian subtitles (3) They feel that using subtitles while watching movies increases their vocabulary. The findings of this study indicated that the students use both English and Indonesian subtitles when watching English movies. They use subtitles according to their needs when watching English movies. This study further implied that students, researchers and teachers positively perceive using subtitles while watching movies to improve their vocabulary building. It could help students increase their vocabulary acquisition to apply later in English language writing or conversation.