Impact of Video Clips on the Development of the Listening Skills in English Classes: A Case Study of Turkish Students

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to examine whether using feature films in video lessons has an effect on the development of listening skills of students or not. The research has been conducted at one of the state universities in Black Sea region of Turkey with 126 students. The students watched and listened to only the sentences taken from categorized feature films. In the research, the Factorial Research Design, one of the quasi-experimental designs, was used. At the end of the research, it was found out that categories of the films did not make statistically significant difference in the success of the students while there was a statistically significant difference in the success of male students in each film categories with long length in respect of short replicas.