“They are not gargling anymore”: The Journey of L2 Acquisition through Extensive Viewing
Lanoke Intan Paradita
Faculty of Language Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
Jalan Brawijaya, Tamantirto, Kasihan, Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 55183
Abstract
In his latest remark on language input for language acquisition, Krashen put an important note that input should not only be comprehensible but also compelling and enjoyable. This means that learners have the freedom to select the materials that are at their level and in their interest. This study aims to examine how an English learner acquired his proficiency, especially listening skill and vocabulary through self-selected viewing. A case study was used to draw meaning to the learner experience in using TV series as his sources of English input. His extensive viewing has served as an approach of acquiring language where he built his familiarity to the linguistic elements of spoken language that helped both bottom-up and top-down processing in listening.
Keywords: Extensive viewing, L2 acquisition, compelling input
Topic: International Conference of English Language Teaching, Literature & Linguistics