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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2019.17.6.001

A Study on Youtube Video-Watching Activities and their Effects on Improving English Reading Comprehension Skills  

Kim, Na-Young (Department of General Education, Sehan University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.17, no.6, 2019 , pp. 1-9 More about this Journal
Abstract
In an effort to explore the effects of Youtube video-watching activities on Korean college students' English reading comprehension skills, 148 undergraduate students who enrolled in a General English class at a university in Korea participated in the present study. Participants were randomly classified into four groups - three experimental groups and one control group - according to when they watch videos: before class (n = 33), during class (n = 42), after class (n = 36), and none (n = 37). Over 16 weeks, the three experimental groups engaged in Youtube video-watching activities for about 10 minutes before, during, and after the class, while the control group did not. Pre- and post-tests were administered to confirm the effects of the use of Youtube videos on improving English reading comprehension skills. To compare the improvement between groups, a one-way ANOVA was also run. Major findings are as follows: First, participants in all the three experimental groups significantly improved their English reading comprehension skills, indicating the beneficial effects of Youtube video-watching activities. However, there was no statistically significant difference in the mean improvement between the groups. Based on this, limitations and suggestions for the future research are discussed at the end.
Keywords
Youtube; Video-watching activities; Korean college students; Foreign language learning; English reading comprehension skills;
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