EFL Students' Perceptions of Western Culture Learning through Music Videos

文化及語言教育研究發展數十年，各樣式的文化教材已被許多語言教育者使用。將Youtube影片作文化教材則相對不足，特別是使用音樂錄影帶。本研究目的在調查學生對於以此娛樂方式學習的看法及其通常學習西方文化之管道。43位大一學生參與研究，觀看七個以耶誕節為主題的音樂錄影帶，本研究採開放式問卷以蒐集參與者對於觀看音樂錄影帶學習西方文化之感想。結果顯示，音樂錄影帶極少被學生用來瞭解西方文化，而電視卻是被採用最多之媒體。高達93%的學生表示透過音樂影片較瞭解西方耶誕文化，暗示其高度正面效果，並且88%的學生偏好此方式。這些發現可供EFL教師與學生值得注意之訊息。

關鍵字

文化及語言教學； ESL/EFL文化教學；音樂錄影帶及文化學習；音樂錄影帶及英語教學

並列摘要

The research into culture and language pedagogy has developed for decades. Various types of cultural materials have been used by language educators. Applying YouTube videos as cultural materials are relatively insufficient, especially using music videos (MVs) which are entertaining, much shorter than general films or videos, but contain theme-specific culture information and images responding to lyrics. The purposes of this study were to investigate the students' perceptions of this entertaining approach as well as their general approaches to culture learning. The participants were 43 university freshmen. The instruments were seven MVs of the Christmas theme. An open-ended questionnaire was designed to elicit their reflections on western culture learning through watching the MVs. The results revealed that MV watching was rarely used in western culture learning but TV was the most commonly used medium. 93% of the participants expressed their better understanding of western Christmas culture through MVs, implying its highly positive effect. Moreover, 88% of them preferred this approach. These findings may provide noticeable information in western culture learning to both EFL teachers and students.

並列關鍵字

culture and language teaching ； culture teaching in ESL/EFL education ； Music Videos and Culture Learning ； Music Videos and TESOL

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EFL Students' Perceptions of Western Culture Learning through Music Videos

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