Résumé:
The present study attempts to investigate the impact of using English subtitled movies on
EFL learners’ vocabulary acquisition. It explores learners’ attitudes towards pedagogical
subtitled movies as an effective learning tool for the improvement of their vocabulary
knowledge, drawing on the opinions of 82 participants from third year students in the
department of English at University 08 May 1945, Guelma. All the participants from six
groups were asked to watch three English subtitled movies; The Great Gatsby, Troy, and
Avatar. These interesting movies have been selected to be viewed before answering the
online questionnaire which was posted in third year students’ Facebook group and sent by
email to other students for a period of 15 days. After viewing the movies, the participants
answered 16 relevant multiple choices, agreement scale, open-ended and closed-ended
questions. The finding results provide insight into the benefit that might be gained through
watching authentic English subtitled movies which offer learners with a variety of
vocabulary items and rich cultural background. Besides, the data collected from the online
questionnaire reveals that participants have positive attitudes towards learning vocabulary
from subtitled movies. The study suggests that English subtitled movies should be
integrated into EFL classroom to enhance learners’ vocabulary acquisition.
