The effects of watching videos with and without English subtitles as a supplementary material to foster the writing productive skill of EFL in a high school: A comparative study

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to make a comparison and know the effects of watching videos with and without English subtitles as supplementary material to enhance the productive writing ability of English Foreign Language students. The sample consisted of a total of 56 students, who were divided into a control group of 28 students and an experimental group of 28 students, both groups of students belonged to the second of senior high school in a private institution in the city of Loja. The instruments used to achieve the objective of this research study were a rubric, a pre-test, and a post-test. The methods applied to conduct this study were quantitative and qualitative. After analyzing the results, the main conclusion is that; videos with subtitles as supplementary material caused a positive effect on the students who belonged to the experimental group since EFL learners increased their vocabulary, which is important for the writing to be more precise and attractive.