Polytechnic Students’ Perceptions of Youtube Usage in the English Oral Communication Classroom

A new creative classroom technique to promote learning environment in English oral communication lesson is important. Integrating and adopting multimedia and web technologies can motivate and engage the new generation learners. YouTube usage in the English oral communication classroom is one of the strategies which will have more flexible, effective instructional materials to the learners in making the students involve in active communication. The inclusion of multimedia technologies into the classroom has changed the educational landscape. It had introduced important changes in the educational system and impact the way learners communicate information with each other. Hence, the purpose of this paper was to investigate students perceptions of YouTube as an effective teaching tool as to prompt oral communication in classrooms. A set of questionnaire was distributed to 120 students regarding their perceptions of YouTube as a learning tool and a face to face interview was carried out with 12 students. The results of this study show that students have positive attitudes towards this learning environment using YouTube.