You Tube As A Learning Tool

 

Using Language Learning Resources on YouTube

  The  internet  is  an  ever  growing  medium  for  language   learning  and  teaching  resources  that  offer  teachers  and  students  alike  an  enormous  amount  of  possibilities  to  practice  and  apply  their  foreign  language skills. Given this information it is still  astonishing how many of these resources that are often  free  of  charge  are  not  being  used  or  even  known  by  many  language  teachers.  While  knowing  the  resources seems to be the first step when  it comes  to using ICT in the foreign language classroom,  knowing how to use them creatively and effectively  appears to be the even bigger problem. The author  introduces different language learning resources available on YouTube and provides ideas on how to  use  these  resources  in  the  foreign  language  classroom  to  train  different  skills  and  to  enhance  the  language  learning  experience.  The  author  argues  that  for  an  effective  implementation  during  the  language  learning  process  the  mere  presentation  of  the  resources  alone  is  not  enough.  Instead  the  detailed description of tasks and assignments is crucial for a successful application in the classroom .  The following questions will be discussed during the presentation: How to search for foreign language  learning resources on YouTube? What skills and competencies can be trained? How to successfully  incorporate  these  resources  in  the  foreign  language   classroom?  How  can  other  easy  to  use  applications  being  used  to  create  valuable  task  and   assignments?  How  to  evaluate  the  resources?  How to figure out which resources my students will  like? How to use YouTube for teacher training?

How can YouTube be used as an Effective Teaching and Learning Tool