Critical Reading
Effect of Using Video Materials in the Teaching of Listening Skills for University Students, by Kretsai Woottipong (2014).
1. Who is the author?
The author is Kretsai Woottipong.
2. Who is the audience?
The audience for the purpose this journal is university students who studying English and for the sample of the student population, this study was 41 first-year English major students in the second semester of the academic year 2012 at Thaksin University, Thailand.
3. What is the author’s main argument?
· The aim of this study was to gain an understanding of the effects of using video materials in the development of listening skills in an EFL classroom.
· Evaluate students’ attitudes towards using video materials in teaching listening skills.
4. List and Explain the author reason for his main argument!
First, in order to develop listening skills, an effective material used in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classes is a crucial aspect of the teaching method. Technology has played an increasingly important role in the methods of instruction. One technology is video which offers instructors a wide variety of resource material to be employed in EFL classrooms to improve students’ listening comprehension. Video materials can be used as an alternative instructional tool for teaching listening.
In order to choose video material for the classroom, topics must be chosen based on students’ interest and their level of English proficiency, as well as cultural aspects. In addition, Nunan (2003) stated that the design of listening cycles is an important consideration, which involves selecting the content of the video or audio recording and dividing it into sections for presenting in stages to learners. Instructors can design cycles of activities in which learners can participate. The instructor should also be a reflective observer in order not to distract the learners’ attention from the video. Therefore, it would be very beneficial for instructors to select video materials that are conducive to language learning. Learners are more motivated to cope with the instruction when given the opportunity to study the use of video materials.
5. What is reader point of view?
Using video materials when we teaching listening skill can make the students become more interested in the materials. Video materials can make the materials easier and the student can imagine the materials clearly. The questionnaire that the writer did for the student about video used revealed that they were more interested in learning English if the teacher used English videos as teaching materials. The student also feels motivated to learn English more because they think that it was easier to them remembering and understanding the vocabulary by listening or watching the video that teacher gave to them.
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