THE EFFECT OF USING SPORTS MOVIES AS AUTHENTIC MATERIAL ON (ESP) LEARNING AMONG (PE) DOCTORAL STUDENTS IN IRAQ: TASK-BASED LEARNING APPROACH

Abstract

 This study aims to apply sports movies as authentic material to teaching English for specific purposes (ESP) for learning English Sports sciences-related terminology. During their (ESP) course, PE Doctoral students are introduced to many sports sciences in English and face some learning proficiency challenges. Thus the researchers have proposed applying sports movies under a task-based learning approach to facilitate learning sports sciences terminology within specific teaching steps. In this study, four movies ( Undisputed I (2002), Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006),  Undisputed III: Redemption (2010), and Rocky 1 (1976)) are selected as a module for introducing the basic concepts for many sports sciences namely sports medicine, sports psychology, and related exercise. The researchers used the quasi–experimental design of two non-random groups control and experimental; each group of 10 Doctoral candidates from the study (20) subjects of the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the University of Baghdad. They were submitted to a pretest and posttest to examine the development of their proficiency in learning (ESP). The data was collected and treated using SPSS to conclude that sports movies have a statistically significant impact on (ESP) learning among PE Iraqi Doctoral students. Finally, the researchers recommended using sports movies in teaching (ESP) for PE Doctoral students in all physical education and sports sciences colleges under TBLT/L or any other learning approach. It is worth noting, that the novelty of this study lies in applying task-based sports movies for the first time to teach (ESP) for PE Doctoral students in Physical Education and Sports Sciences College at the University of Baghdad in Iraq.

Keywords: authentic material, EFL, ESL, ESP, sports movies, sports medicine, sports psychology, TBLT/L