An Analysis of YouTube as Sustainable Educational Resources for EFL Learners

YouTube can be a platform to facilitate sustainable English teaching and learning. This study aims to determine the videos that English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners tend to watch to learn English and their attitude towards using YouTube for a sustainable English Language learning. The respon...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rahmawati Fitria, Pasandalan Sittie Noffaisah, Novitasari Hani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2024-01-01
Series:E3S Web of Conferences
Online Access:https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2024/124/e3sconf_icenso2024_05003.pdf
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1846139449208995840
author Rahmawati Fitria
Pasandalan Sittie Noffaisah
Novitasari Hani
author_facet Rahmawati Fitria
Pasandalan Sittie Noffaisah
Novitasari Hani
author_sort Rahmawati Fitria
collection DOAJ
description YouTube can be a platform to facilitate sustainable English teaching and learning. This study aims to determine the videos that English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners tend to watch to learn English and their attitude towards using YouTube for a sustainable English Language learning. The respondents were the 6th-semester EFL students at one private Islamic university in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The data were collected through a questionnaire from 178 students adopting a cluster sampling. This study revealed the YouTube video categories as “always” watched by the EFL students to learn English were “Music” (M=3.71; SD=.52), “Talk Show” (M=3.35; SD=.76), and “How To” (M=3.28;SD=.78). Moreover, the results revealed that the students studying English as a Foreign Language (EFL) demonstrated a positive attitude regarding the use of YouTube as a means to sustain improvement of their English language proficiencies, as evidenced by an average score of 3.25 and a standard deviation of 0.44 (M=3.25; SD=.44). As a result, the students expressed the belief that YouTube could function as a valuable tool and an effective and sustainable platform for advancing their English language competencies. Consequently, language teachers should employ the use of YouTube videos as resource materials in teaching English as a foreign language making YouTube as a sustainable educational resource for both teachers and learners.
format Article
id doaj-art-ea2a99d6c9ca4baab9d27c8dca088fd2
institution Kabale University
issn 2267-1242
language English
publishDate 2024-01-01
publisher EDP Sciences
record_format Article
series E3S Web of Conferences
spelling doaj-art-ea2a99d6c9ca4baab9d27c8dca088fd22024-12-06T10:11:06ZengEDP SciencesE3S Web of Conferences2267-12422024-01-015940500310.1051/e3sconf/202459405003e3sconf_icenso2024_05003An Analysis of YouTube as Sustainable Educational Resources for EFL LearnersRahmawati Fitria0Pasandalan Sittie Noffaisah1Novitasari Hani2English Education Department, Universitas MuhammadiyahDepartment of English, MSU-Iligan Institute of TechnologyEnglish Education Department, Universitas MuhammadiyahYouTube can be a platform to facilitate sustainable English teaching and learning. This study aims to determine the videos that English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners tend to watch to learn English and their attitude towards using YouTube for a sustainable English Language learning. The respondents were the 6th-semester EFL students at one private Islamic university in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The data were collected through a questionnaire from 178 students adopting a cluster sampling. This study revealed the YouTube video categories as “always” watched by the EFL students to learn English were “Music” (M=3.71; SD=.52), “Talk Show” (M=3.35; SD=.76), and “How To” (M=3.28;SD=.78). Moreover, the results revealed that the students studying English as a Foreign Language (EFL) demonstrated a positive attitude regarding the use of YouTube as a means to sustain improvement of their English language proficiencies, as evidenced by an average score of 3.25 and a standard deviation of 0.44 (M=3.25; SD=.44). As a result, the students expressed the belief that YouTube could function as a valuable tool and an effective and sustainable platform for advancing their English language competencies. Consequently, language teachers should employ the use of YouTube videos as resource materials in teaching English as a foreign language making YouTube as a sustainable educational resource for both teachers and learners.https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2024/124/e3sconf_icenso2024_05003.pdf
spellingShingle Rahmawati Fitria
Pasandalan Sittie Noffaisah
Novitasari Hani
An Analysis of YouTube as Sustainable Educational Resources for EFL Learners
E3S Web of Conferences
title An Analysis of YouTube as Sustainable Educational Resources for EFL Learners
title_full An Analysis of YouTube as Sustainable Educational Resources for EFL Learners
title_fullStr An Analysis of YouTube as Sustainable Educational Resources for EFL Learners
title_full_unstemmed An Analysis of YouTube as Sustainable Educational Resources for EFL Learners
title_short An Analysis of YouTube as Sustainable Educational Resources for EFL Learners
title_sort analysis of youtube as sustainable educational resources for efl learners
url https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2024/124/e3sconf_icenso2024_05003.pdf
work_keys_str_mv AT rahmawatifitria ananalysisofyoutubeassustainableeducationalresourcesforefllearners
AT pasandalansittienoffaisah ananalysisofyoutubeassustainableeducationalresourcesforefllearners
AT novitasarihani ananalysisofyoutubeassustainableeducationalresourcesforefllearners
AT rahmawatifitria analysisofyoutubeassustainableeducationalresourcesforefllearners
AT pasandalansittienoffaisah analysisofyoutubeassustainableeducationalresourcesforefllearners
AT novitasarihani analysisofyoutubeassustainableeducationalresourcesforefllearners