The Effect of Using Tutorial Video on Students’ Performance
Manal Omar Mousa
Department of English, College of Education, Tikrit University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25130/jls.5.1.4
Keywords: tutorial video, teaching English language, computer software, video materials
Abstract
The rapid growth of technology has brought many innovations in education and especially in language teaching. In order to offer and create successful classes language teachers, especially English language teachers are using different audio-visual tools to facilitate the teaching process. Besides textbooks and other interesting and engaging activities, which ensure student centeredness, autonomy, interaction and connectivity to a certain theme, and videos such as: movies, songs, power point presentations are widely used in EFL classrooms. This paper first attempts to explore the goals of using video material in EFL classrooms and the advantages of using video materials in EFL teaching, on the basis of which proposes a framework of teaching principles, strategies and specific tips which facilitate EFL teaching. Then it would be related theories and practice to the use of audio- visual tools in language learning especially in ESP classes at university level and the reason why videos can be considered as valuable pedagogical tools is to facilitate the teaching process. The aim of this study is to investigate the benefits that the language teachers and learners get in using audio-visual aids in teaching and learning the English language, as well as to show that by using the appropriate video material the teachers can improve and ensure student- centeredness, have their students interested and engaged in activities, be more active, motivated and confident in their communicative language competence.
