Television programme as an extra-teaching input in English language learning: a three-months experiment with learner-viewers

Abstract

This paper was intended to investigate the effects of the Ivorian RTI 2 program “Hello” on the development of vocabulary and listening proficiencies of the viewers. It tried to show the extent to which watching the RTI 2 program “Hello” can help improve EFL learners’ language abilities. An experimental design, with four participants (intermediate learners) has been applied in the study. accordingly, a pre-test and a post-test were used in a one-group experiment to conduct the study. The findings show that this TV program could be an actual source for the improvement of the learner-viewers’ English language proficiency, if well designed. Therefore, it would be advisable to emphasize, not only, the learners’ needs, but also the learning needs such as the Didactic and pedagogical materials, and the chief role of educators in the program.