USING YOUTUBE AS UNLIMITED EDUCATIONAL VIDEO RESOURCES IN TEACHING ENGLISH SKILLS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24256/ideas.v3i2.145Keywords:
YouTube, video, English skills.Abstract
The video site YouTube can be a valuable tool to teach English and arouse learner independence. Using YouTube both inside and outside the classroom can improve conversation, listening and pronunciation skills. YouTube video can also be utilized as regalia to enhance exposure to the world and support authentic vocabulary development. If students and teachers/lecturers have unlimited access to the Internet, YouTube can be a useful tool through which multiple skills in English can be taught. This paper offered possible inadequacy that may come by using online video technology.
References
Berk, Ronald. A. 2009. ‘Multimedia Teaching with Video Clips: TV, Movies, YouTube and mtvU in the College Classroom’, International Journal of Technology in Teaching and Learning, 5(1): 1-21.
Flowerdew, John. 1994. ‘Academic Listening: Research Perspective’. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
Herwibowo, Yudhi. 2008. ‘YouTube: A Success Story’. Yogyakarta: B-First.
Kaput, Michael Batton. 2012. ‘The Advantages of YouTube in Education’. http://www.ehow.com. Accessed 17 April 2012.
Patel, Tarun. 2009. ‘YouTube for ELT’. http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk.
Accessed 2nd February 2012.
Toksabay, Ece. 2010. ‘Turkey Reinstates YouTube Ban’. Reuters Istanbul, 3 November., http://www.reuters.com. Accessed 10 May 2011.
Wang, Li. 2005. ’The Advantages of Using Technology in Second Language Education: Technology Integration in Foreign Language Teaching Demonstrates the Shift from a Behavioral to a Constructivist Learning Approach. THE Journal, 32(10): 39-42.
Watkins, Jon., and Michael Wilkins. 2011. ‘Using YouTube in the EFL Classroom’, Journal of Language Education in Asia, 2(1): 113-119.
Pros and Cons of Using YouTube in the Classroom http://learningwithtechnology.wikispaces.com. Accessed 20 July 2011.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
Citation Check
License
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See the Effect of Open Access)
