Abstract
This research aimed to: 1) investigate the effects of Movie-Based Mobile Learning (MBML) instruction in enhancing Thai EFL university students’ speaking skills; 2) investigate effects of Movie-Based Mobile Learning instruction in enhancing Thai EFL university students’ intercultural communicative competence (ICC); and 3) examine the students’ attitude towards integrating Movie-Based Mobile Learning instruction for enhancing students’ speaking skills and intercultural communicative competence. This study employed a mixed-methods approach and a quasi-experimental study with a non-equivalent pretest-posttest control group design. The participants were the first year university students learning General English in the Faculty of Nursing at a private university in Bangkok. The students in the experimental group were taught through Movie-Based Mobile Learning instruction while the control group was taught following the university-based instruction. Research instruments consisted of MBML instruction with teaching materials, speaking test, the Intercultural Communicative Competence Questionnaire, Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) questionnaire, and the interview. The results revealed that Movie-Based Mobile Learning instruction developed Thai university students’ English speaking skills and Intercultural Communicative Competence, and that the students had positive attitude towards the implementing of MBML instruction in their English classroom.  The findings implied that MBML instruction is effective in enhancing EFL students’ speaking skills and intercultural communicative competence. The study suggests that relevant English language education should emphasize the potential of using the English movies and Mobile Learning in EFL curricula and that MBML instruction can be applied to promote learning in other similar EFL contexts.
Highlights
The 21st century is considered the age of globalization because it is characterized by fast-growing development in information and communication technologies
The findings indicated that the implementation of the movie-based mobile learning (MBML) instruction is an effective pedagogical tool that contributes to the improvement in Thai students’ English language skills, speaking skills
MBML instruction was well designed with well-organized steps for integrating English movies as authentic input (Krashen, 1985); the content and language integrated learning (CLIL) approach for preparing communicative activities, the 4Cs framework together with the language triptych (Coyle et al, 2010); and Mobile Learning (ML) as a modern technology (Reinders, 2012; Traxler, 2009)
Summary
The 21st century is considered the age of globalization because it is characterized by fast-growing development in information and communication technologies. English is the first international language used as a medium of communication (Kim, 2011) and is the most widely used by people from different cultural backgrounds (Choudhury, 2014; Jenkin, 2013; Nilmanee & Soontornwipast, 2014). The demand for learning English among non-native speakers has dramatically increased; English has been adopted as the main foreign language in educational systems by many countries throughout the world (Brumfit, 2004; Byram, 2008). With its new roles as the global language and a lingua franca, English has been used as a communication tool to fulfill the goals of global economics, politics, education, science and technology, and culture and to communicate with members of different cultures (Byram, 2008)
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