Abstract
The objectives of this research were: 1) to promote the use of integrated instructional media using
movies and movie subtitles to help improve English vocabulary comprehension, and 2) to investigate
students’ opinions about IMS. The participants were forty-two upper secondary level students. The
instruments used were: 1) integration of instructional media of movies and movie subtitles following the
ADDIE model for the instructional design steps, 2) a pre-test (by viewing movie videos without subtitles) and
post-test (by viewing movie videos with subtitles) used to examine whether subtitles improved vocabulary
comprehension in learners; and 3) interview questionnaires, used to interview students who participated
and also teachers who assisted in observing the lesson. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics,
paired t-test, and percentages.
The results revealed that after participants were exposed to movie videos with subtitles through
the developed instructional media, their vocabulary comprehension had significantly improved, and in
accordance with the interview with both learners and teachers suggested that the integration of
instructional media using movies and movie subtitles (IMS)