THE USE OF VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE FOR PRACTICING LISTENING SKILLS PERCEIVED BY FAST-TRACK SOPHOMORES IN FELTE, ULIS, VNU = VIỆC SỬ DỤNG YOUTUBE CỦA SINH VIÊN NĂM 2 HỆ CHẤT LƯỢNG CAO KHOA SƯ PHẠM TIẾNG ANH: THỰC TRẠNG VÀ ĐỀ XUẤT

• Main Author: Lê, Mai Hoa
• Other Authors: Đặng, Anh Thư
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Tiếng Anh > Dạy và học; Youtube
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/100252
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

The development of technologies has a great influence on English language teaching as well as learning. Teachers nowadays can use technological devices to improve their teaching because technology provides both teachers and students with a wide range of tools to work on, which provokes their interest, engagement in teaching and learning language, creativity and effort to produce effective and appealing work since now they have more alternatives and methods to adapt and present knowledge. Since YouTube is gradually becoming one of the most popular tools of technology in language teaching, the focus of the study is investigating the perception of the importance of using videos on YouTube for listening practice of fast-track sophomores at Faculty of English Language Teaching, University of Language and International Studies, Vietnam National University. Moreover, the research is conducted to provide them with strategies and tips for choosing appropriate and effective videos which actually help them to improve listening skill for VSTEP – a standard language examination at the end of second semester. After conducting questionnaires and interviews, the researcher would like to summarize the findings of the study. Firstly, most of students mainly want to enhance their communicative skills and deepen their understanding about cultures. Secondly, the availability and diversity of the content related to real-life situations, vocabulary and grammatical phenomenon evoke students to use YouTube for listening practice. Nonetheless, YouTube still has weaknesses that somehow prevent students from doing so. The difficulties they have faced when using YouTube to practice listening are the lack of transcripts, the diversity, the distraction of visual effects, unstandardized languages, limited access, background noise. Besides, although YouTube is the most popular listening sources, there is a huge gap between the time they spend on YouTube for language learning and entertainment.