Teaching English allomorphs through ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secret’ movie

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30659/e.5.2.192-201

Keywords:

EFL classroom, pronunciation, English allomorphs, suprasegmental features, movie

Abstract

The study is primarily concerned with the use of ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secret’ to teach English allomorphs in EFL classrooms. This paper is an alternative way to teach them as a significant element of pronunciation. The types examined are Regular Past Tense, Regular Plural Number, Third Person Present, The Regular Possessive, and Reduced IS and HAS. Besides the main highlight of allomorph pronunciation, the movie also contemplates some suprasegmental features called word stress and sentence intonation. The teachers may also utilize the movie through four phases. They are warm-up activity, completion, categorization, and production. Bringing a movie that has many benefits into EFL classrooms may lead to a good comprehension of English allomorphs to the students.

Author Biographies

  • Asfi Aniuranti, Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Purwokerto
    Asfi Aniuranti is a lecturer at the English Language Teaching (ELT) Department, Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Purwokerto in Central Java, Indonesia. She took her undergraduate program (ELT Department) at Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto and master program (Linguistics Department) at Universitas Gadjah Mada. She has been written several books such as ‘British vs American English’ (2016), ‘Buku Pintar Pelajaran 5 in 1’ (2017), and ‘English for Nursing Jilid II’ (2018). Her research interest includes TEFL and linguistics. One of her studies presented in a national seminar is ‘English Verbs Mean Kill’ (2017).
  • Tono Suwartono, Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto

    Dr. Suwartono is an Associate Professor at the English Language Teaching (ELT) Department, Faculty of Teacher Training, Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto in Central Java, Indonesia. He has written some books, among others are ‘Sounds Like Native English’(2008), ‘Sukses Belajar Bahasa Asing’ (2008), ‘Akrab dengan Penelitian’ (2007),’Dasar-Dasar Metodologi Penelitian’ (2014). He also has made lots of presentations such as Asian Conference on Language Learning, Japan (2014), Asian TESOL International Conference, Philippines (2014), English Australia Conference, Sydney (2015), Sixth International Language Learning Conference, Malaysia (2015), World Association of Lesson Study Conference, Exeter, the United Kingdom (2016) and many more.

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2020-08-31

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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2020): August 2020

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Education

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