NON-ENGLISH MAJORS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE USE OF ENGLISH CAPTIONED VIDEOS IN ENGLISH CLASS

Abstract

This paper aims at presenting students’ attitudes towards the use of English captioned movies in English classes at Ho Chi Minh City Industry and Trade College. One hundred and fifty college freshmen who were studying Information Technology, Mechanics, Accounting, Electronics and Business Administration participated in answering the questionnaire, and twenty-five students of them were invited to take part  in the semi-structured interviews. The quantitative data gained from the questionnaires were analyzed employing SPSS in terms of descriptive statistics and ANOVA test, while the qualitative data were analyzed using the content analysis approach. The results showed that participants expressed positive attitudes towards the use of English captioned movies in English classes, and they had affective attitudes towards the use of English captioned movies higher than their cognitive and behavioral attitudes. The results further indicated that participants had similar attitudes towards the use of English captioned movies regardless of their majors.