Students’ Perspectives of YouTube as a Learning Media in Indonesian Language Course

Rukiati, Enik and Susanti, Nila Students’ Perspectives of YouTube as a Learning Media in Indonesian Language Course. Jurnal of Language, Communication and Tourism Politeknik Negeri Jember.

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Abstract

Covid-19 pandemic had caused a lot of changes in all fields, including the field of education. Online learning had been implemented as a way to conduct teaching and learning process remotely. Therefore, the learning methods and media that teachers used had to be adapted to online learning. YouTube was one of media that teachers could use in online learning. The purpose of this study was to investigate the perspectives of English students at Politeknik Negeri Jember on the use of instructional media via YouTube as a learning resource for Indonesian language course. The topic was relatively new especially at the institution where the study took place. This study was a descriptive qualitative research. To gather the data, a set of questionnaire was constructed. The questionnaires covered 1) the ease of learning Indonesian through YouTube, 2) students’ interest in learning Indonesian through YouTube, 3) students’ motivation in learning Indonesian through YouTube, 4) students’ experience in learning Indonesian through YouTube, 5) the materials presented through YouTube, and 6) students’ general opinion regarding the use of YouTube. The questionnaire was distributed online to students via Google Form, then were analyzed qualitatively and presented descriptively. The results of the study showed that the students could learn information easily in a coherent manner from YouTube. Besides, they were more motivated and interested in learning. More importantly, they got interesting learning experience. In conclusion, they students demonstrated good responses to the use of YouTube as a learning resource.

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