Teaching English Grammar through Animated Movies

Hammad Mushtaq,Taskeen Zehra

doi:10.51732/njssh.v2i1.11

Abstract

This study seeks to examine how various components of English grammar can be taught through animated movies. The study demonstrates the use of gerunds in a sentence or a discourse through an animated feature film Tangled. The data for this research was taken from the students of grade eight. The students were shown various video clips, comprising dialogues and songs, from the movie and asked to identify the use of gerunds. Later, the students were given various worksheets containing tasks, based on the use of gerunds in a sentence. The students remained very responsive during the whole lesson and effectively learned the use of gerunds and the difference between gerunds and the present participle. The study concluded that animated movies in grammar teaching classes can serve as a positive reinforcement tool for the language learning process as the animated movies considerably increase the learning speed and proficiency of the students.

Highlights

The use of technology in students’ lives has increased so much that the students of the contemporary era should aptly be called digitalnatives or the net-generation [Pransky (2001)]
The purpose of this research is to teach the use of gerunds in a sentence or a discourse through the animated feature film Tangled
A gerund is derived from a verb which ends in -ing form and its purpose in a sentence is to function as a noun

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Introduction

The use of technology in students’ lives has increased so much that the students of the contemporary era should aptly be called digitalnatives or the net-generation [Pransky (2001)]. There is an obvious need to teach students with the help of modern technology. The purpose of this research is to teach the use of gerunds in a sentence or a discourse through the animated feature film Tangled. The term ‘gerund’ is a derivative of a Latin word, which means ‘to carry on’. A gerund is derived from a verb which ends in -ing form and its purpose in a sentence is to function as a noun. The word ‘verbal’ specifies that a gerund is built

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