Academic Journal Perspective : Education, Language, and Literature
Vol 9, No 2 (2021)

THE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS EXPERIENCES IN LEARNING ENGLISH USING YOUTUBE : A CASE STUDY OF INDEPENDENT LEARNING

Hendriwanto Hendriwanto (Swadaya Gunung Jati University)
Tifani Dita Desela (Swadaya Gunung Jati University)
Ramnita Saini Sharda (Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar, Punjab)



Article Info

Publish Date
07 Jan 2022

Abstract

YouTube is a website that facilitates users to share the videos they have, or just enjoy various videos uploaded by content creators. There are various kinds of videos that can be uploaded through this site, such as video blogs, music video clips, education videos, and others. Learning English independently through YouTube is a research topic which aims to find out the experiences of students while studying English and the challenges and opportunities they get. English Education in one private university in Cirebon became the object that the researcher chose and there were four female students who participants in this study. This research uses qualitative methods and data analysis uses thematic analysis. Data from this research is found by doing questionnaire and interview seasons. All participants showed positive responds. The results of this research indicate that YouTube is an application that can be used independently. Learning English by watching videos can help them improve their English skills, especially in listening and speaking skills. The benefits they get while using YouTube as a medium for learning English are interesting English learning content, good pronunciation, unfamiliar word, familiar with accent, a lot of information and knowledge through the videos that they see for learning.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

Perspective

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Academic Journal Perspective: Education, Language, and Literature (e-ISSN 2621-6981,and p-ISSN 2354-7340 is a biannual journal published by Lembaga Penelitian (The Institute of Research) University of Swadaya Gunung Jati in Cirebon and in collaboration with AsiaCall, Thailand. The journal publishes ...