English Self-Regulated Language Learning on Youtube: Students’ Purpose, Perception and Action

Woro Retnaningsih(1,Mail), Elisabeth Milaningrum(2), Arif Nugroho(3), Heldy Ramadhan Putra(4) | CountryCountry:


(1) UIN Raden Mas Said Surakarta, Indonesia
(2) Politeknik Negeri Balikpapan, Indonesia
(3) UIN Raden Mas Said Surakarta, Indonesia
(4) UIN Raden Mas Said Surakarta, Indonesia

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DOI 10.23960/jpp.v12.i3.202218
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English Self-regulated Language Learning on Youtube: Students’ Purpose, Perception, and Action. Objective: This study scrutinizes English learners’ self-regulated language learning using Youtube beyond the formal classroom. Methods: to reach the objective, a qualitative inquiry approach was employed in this study. Twenty-two university students in Central Java province Indonesia who had substantial experiences of watching English-teaching videos were purposively invited for a semi-structured interview to depict how they performed self-directed learning. The data were qualitatively analyzed by classifying based on the main themes, coding, reviewing, and conclusion drawing Findings: the results portrayed that the most dominant goals of self-directed language learning on Youtube were to look for more learning sources, to enhance English skills and vocabulary, and to explore cultural knowledge. Another finding showed that learning English on Youtube was more interesting and flexible without time and space restriction. Conclusion: Youtube videos offers a fertile ground for educational purposes, particularly for developing English skills in a self-directed learning beyond formal classroom.

 

Keywords: english-teaching on youtube; self-regulated language learning; informal learning.



DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23960/jpp.v12.i3.202218

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Appendix

Semi-structured interviews guide

What kind of English-content videos you watch on Youtube? How often do you watch the videos?

What are your goals in watching the English-content Youtube videos?

Why do you prefer watching English-content videos to help you learning English in self-regulation mode?

According to your perspective as an English student, what do you think of these English-content Youtube videos?

What did you do after watching the English-content Youtube videos? Do you give feedback such as leaving comments, pressing like, or sharing with others?

According to your opinion, do you think that watching English-content Youtube videos can enhance your language skills?


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