Effects of Integrating Movie-Based Mobile Learning Instruction for Enhancing Thai University Students’ Speaking Skills and Intercultural Communicative Competence

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.