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Using Sitcoms in ESL/EFL: a Handbook for Using Friends in the Classroom The University of San Francisco USF Scholarship: a digital repository @ Gleeson Library | Geschke Center Master's Projects and Capstones Theses, Dissertations, Capstones and Projects Spring 5-15-2020 Using Sitcoms in ESL/EFL: A Handbook for Using Friends in the Classroom Elif Konus [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone Part of the Adult and Continuing Education Commons, Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching Commons, Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, and the Educational Methods Commons Recommended Citation Konus, Elif, "Using Sitcoms in ESL/EFL: A Handbook for Using Friends in the Classroom" (2020). Master's Projects and Capstones. 994. https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/994 This Project/Capstone is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, Capstones and Projects at USF Scholarship: a digital repository @ Gleeson Library | Geschke Center. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Projects and Capstones by an authorized administrator of USF Scholarship: a digital repository @ Gleeson Library | Geschke Center. For more information, please contact [email protected]. University of San Francisco Using Sitcoms in ESL/EFL: A Handbook for Using Friends ​ in the Classroom A Field Project Presented to The Faculty of the School of Education International and Multicultural Education Department In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts in Teaching English To Speakers of Other Languages By Elif S. Konus May 2020 Using Sitcoms in ESL/EFL: A Handbook for Using Friends ​ in the Classroom In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF ARTS in TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES by Elif S. Konus May 2020 UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO Under the guidance and approval of the committee, and approval by all the members, this field project has been accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree. Approved: ______________________ ____________________May 8, 2020 Luz Navarrette García, EdD Date Instructor/Chairperson i TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS iii ABSTRACT iv CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1 Statement of the Problem 1 Purpose of the Project 5 Significance of the Project 6 Limitations 7 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 9 Introduction 9 The Affective Filter Hypothesis with Motivation and Engagement 10 The Use of Television in the Classroom 13 The Importance of Culture to Language Learning 17 Summary 21 CHAPTER III THE PROJECT AND ITS DEVELOPMENT 25 Brief Description of the Project 25 Development of the Project 31 CHAPTER IV CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS 35 Conclusion 35 Recommendations 37 REFERENCES 39 APPENDIX 41 Using Sitcoms in ESL/EFL: A Handbook for Using Friends in the Classroom 41 ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to express my deepest gratitude to people who have helped and supported me during my journey of completing the Master's TESOL program at USF. First, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Sedique Popal for his endless support and remarkable insights. His enthusiasm for teaching inspires me to become a better teacher and I hope that I can make a difference in my future students’ lives as much as he does. I would also like to express special thanks to my advisor, Dr. Luz Navarrette García. Her huge support, kindness and insightful advice helped me to finish this project that I thought I wouldn't be able to finish. I really appreciate her kindness, patience and thoughtfulness. I would also thank Dr. Colette Cann and Gertrude Jenkins for their guidance, kindness, help and support. I feel so lucky that I have been given the opportunity to have met such inspiring teachers throughout my journey of becoming a teacher. I am also so thankful to my classmate, Elizabeth Eastman whose encouragement, support and help has been a blessing. This project would have been impossible without the valuable support of my dear friends, Mukaddes Atay, Hale Pehlivan and Nanette Mocanu. Their love, encouragement and support has meant the world to me. Last but not least, I am grateful to my dear husband, Fatih for his endless love and understanding. He had to bear with me during my stressful times. He was always there supporting and standing by me through those good and bad times. I would also like to give my sincere thanks to my dear family who have always been supportive and encouraging to follow my dreams. I am so blessed by your love and support. iii ABSTRACT English learning has become the most significant objective throughout the world for learners of English as a second language (ESL) and foreign language (EFL). Unfortunately, most learners do not have a chance to learn the language in English-speaking countries. In most ESL and EFL classrooms, teachers have solely adapted their teaching method through textbooks even though there are numerous teaching techniques to support learners’ language process. Considering the fact that we live in an age of constant change of technology in which students’ attention spans have been shortened, students might lack engagement and motivation in learning English through solely textbook-adapted teaching methods. In addition, students not only lack the development of all language skills, but also will not have a chance to build cultural competence through textbooks. Therefore, teachers should adapt their teaching method to the new technological resources in their classroom such as television. The inclusion of television in the classroom presents the opportunity of learning the language and culture in an engaging and motivating way where students' affective filter is lowered. This project explores a way to present a handbook in which ESL and EFL teachers can integrate sitcoms into their classroom to create an engaging and motivating atmosphere. This handbook consists of a collection of sample activities that is based on a single episode of a television sitcom, Friends. A variety of activities in an integrated format will help learners to ​ ​ boost their confidence in developing their language skills and gaining cultural competence. The project is aimed to help the students to be able to learn English in a way that reduces the burden of studying and level of anxiety as well as providing them with the opportunity of learning the culture. iv 1 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Statement of the Problem Learning English has become one of the most significant objectives worldwide for learners of English as a second language (ESL) and foreign language (EFL). Even though there are numerous language learning techniques to improve the learning process, some have been more consistently employed than others. As an English learner myself, what I have observed is that most teachers have solely adapted the method of teaching the language through textbooks in classrooms in which English is taught as a foreign language. I first met English in 4th grade in Turkey when I was at the age of 10. I had to learn English because it was just placed on the curriculum, which made me consider English as just another course that I had to pass. I didn’t have a clear purpose as to why I was studying English. It was nothing more than a curriculum requirement. The reason is that we were not encouraged enough to learn English by our teachers or parents, and they didn’t convince us why we should learn English, which would hold such an important place in our life. Therefore, I do not actually remember what I learned in those years and also, I could not grasp how serious and different this adventure would be. Most of the teachers focused on teaching ‘grammar’ rather than listening, speaking, writing, reading or group activities that would further help us improve our English language skills. I remember that I didn’t interact with any of my classmates during the class. We were just memorizing the grammar rules the teacher taught and answering the questions in the textbook accordingly year after year. Even though the textbooks we used in English classes contained ample exercises to practice our four skills; reading, listening, speaking and writing, we didn’t spare enough time into each of these 2 four skills. Instead, we mostly studied grammar. I can’t deny that the grammar helped me to learn the structure of English, but it doesn’t mean that I was proficient in English in terms of speaking, writing and listening. As discussed in several studies, students who are exposed to a grammar-based teaching method lack the ability to apply the rules in spoken and written language easily (Al Mekhlafi & Nagaratnam, 2011; Mokhtar, 2016; Wang, 2007). - English was not taught in a systematic way that included all aspects of language learning. As a result, assessment and evaluation were based on tests that were designed to evaluate memorizing skills rather than testing the student if the student acquires the language or not. Namely, the exams in general consisted mainly of grammar, reading and vocabulary parts and they didn’t include the other essential skills such as speaking, writing and listening. This inefficient method of teaching wasn’t conducive to an engaging and motivating classroom environment. Motivation is undoubtedly an essential part of any learning process. Learning a second or foreign language such as English can be considered as a continuously demanding process, which includes learning grammar rules, reading, listening, speaking, and writing. Lacking a clearly defined and stated purpose as well as appropriate teaching methods and materials that are tailored to boost the engagement in the classrooms is likely to result in failure and further demotivation (Taylor & Parsons, 2011). Therefore, focusing mostly on teaching ‘grammar’ rules by solely using textbooks might lose students’ attention after a while, which is likely to lead to a lack of engagement and motivation in the classrooms.
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