STUDENTS' PERCEPTION OF WATCHING ENGLISH MOVIES USING ENGLISH SUBTITLES TO LEARN LISTENING SKILL

There are a lot of learning media for students to learn English listening skills. One of the ways that can be used to learn listening is by watching English movies with English subtitles. The purposes of this study are to explore the problems in watching English movies using subtitles to learn listening skills and the solutions to overcome the problems of watching English movies using subtitles to learn listening skills according to the students' perception. This research used a qualitative methodology. The interview was used as an instrument to gather the data. The participants of this study were six students of the English Language Education Department batch 2018. The findings related to the problems faced by students in learning listening through watching English movies using English subtitles were understanding actors/actresses accent, catching the speakers speed of talk, providing unsuitable subtitles and adjusting to the size and color of subtitles. This research revealed that the solutions used by students in learning listening through watching English movies using subtitles were repeating certain scenes, watching simpler movie and watching movies on legal platform.