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Enhancing English proficiency enjoyably: Improving language skills through watching engaging and educational English movies Wulandari, Ni Wayan Ratna; Silma, Nazula; Jahiu, Edona; Idri, Nadia; Dizon Jr, Rodolfo P.; Ajayi, Temitope Michael
Journal of Language and Pragmatics Studies Vol. 4 No. 3 (2025): Dec 2025
Publisher : Yayasan Mitra Persada Nusantara

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.58881/jlps.v4i3.79

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The purpose of this paper is to explain the benefits of watching English movies as an effective way to improve language skills. This method offers learners a practical and enjoyable way to enhance their English proficiency, including listening, speaking, vocabulary, and pronunciation. Watching movies allows learners to experience real conversations, different accents, and the correct use of English in daily life, making learning more meaningful and engaging. Using subtitles can help learners connect spoken words with their written forms. Beginners can start with subtitles in their native language and gradually switch to English subtitles to improve grammar and vocabulary. Movies with different accents, like American, British, or Australian, also help learners understand various ways of speaking English. Research supports the benefits of watching English movies for language learning. Studies show that movies help learners understand words in context, improve listening skills, and learn proper pronunciation. Repeating scenes, writing down new vocabulary, and practicing speaking based on movies enhance retention and usage. Moreover, movies introduce learners to different cultures, making learning more interesting and informative. This method is suitable for learners at all levels. Beginners can watch simple movies like animations, while advanced learners can explore movies with more complex dialogues. Rewatching movies helps learners notice new details, such as sentence structures and pronunciation, that they might have missed before. Discussing movies with others is also a fun way to practice speaking and critical thinking. In conclusion, watching English movies combines education and entertainment, providing learners with an enjoyable way to improve their English skills. It motivates learners, helps them understand authentic language use, and enriches their cultural knowledge, making it a valuable tool for language learning.
Symbolic power in caricature of Nigerian academia in selected videos of Sagacious Prof Ajayi, Temitope Michael; Adebayo, Tayo; Esuola, David Oluwatobi
Journal of Language and Pragmatics Studies Vol. 4 No. 3 (2025): Dec 2025
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.58881/jlps.v4i3.142

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Caricature, often visual, involves exaggerations for satirical, critical, or comic effect. Scholarly probes on caricature have focused on political and legal contexts with less attention to academia. Particularly, there is a dearth of symbolic power studies detailing the power relations between participants in Nigerian academia. The present study, therefore, explores how Facebook content creator, Sagacious Prof, depicts systemic issues in academia, with reference to the Nigerian context, examining how academics deploy linguistic choices to negotiate unethical goals in student-lecturer interactions. Adopting a qualitative approach, the study analysed ten purposively sampled videos of Sagacious Prof, whose content primarily depicts activities within the Nigerian academic context. The data analysis is guided by Norman Fairclough’s (1995) Critical Discourse Analysis. The findings showcased two negative systemic issues in Nigerian academia: transactional grading and transactional sex. By implication, Nigerian academics are largely constructed as being unethical in their engagements with students in the skits of Sagacious Prof.
The pragmatics of celebrity fan wars: A case study of Wizkid and Davido fans on X Esuola, David Oluwatobi; Adebayo, Tayo; Ajayi, Temitope Michael
Journal of Language and Pragmatics Studies Vol. 4 No. 3 (2025): Dec 2025
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.58881/jlps.v4i3.143

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Celebrity rivalry refers to a situation in which two or more well-known public figures, typically from the entertainment, sports, or fashion industries, are perceived to be in conflict or competition with one another. Even though scholars have explored the celebrity rivalry between Wizkid and Davido, studies on the rivalry among their fans remain underexplored. Thus, from a qualitative research perspective, this study is a pragma-discursive analysis of the online interactions between the fans of Wizkid known as (FC) and fans of Davido known as (30BG). The data were examined using Henry Jenkins (1992) Fandom theory. Findings show that fans of both artists deploy impoliteness to foreground their celebrity’s industry, how their fans project the industry’s success over the other artist and financial supremacy over the other celebrity, and how their favorite celebrity is projected as richer than the other celebrity. Further studies can be done on comparing artists of different countries.