Teaching and learning vocabulary in english using tv series

Abstract

Vocabulary is one of the important aspects for acquiring and learning a language. Students need to learn vocabulary to communicate effectively and not only for personal use but also for professional use. In this study, I check if the act of watching TV series influences the learning of vocabulary in English. The research was done with two groups of English-speaking students of the licentiate course in English-letters of the Federal University of Pampa - Campus Bagé. The two groups were investigated over a period of two months. The first group was exposed to the episodes of the television series The big bang theory and exercises. The purpose of this research is to identify the role of tv series in the process of learning vocabulary. Specifically, I want to check how they can help in learning vocabulary. The results indicate a greater growth in the number of participants' responses attending the episodes compared to the participants who do not have contact with them. In doing so, I propose that teachers include TV series in the classroom to enhance vocabulary teaching in the English language.