Abstract:
YouTube could be a fantastic learning tool for teachers to employ in increasing
students’ language abilities, particularly in boosting students’ listening skills.
However, for some students, learning Listening through YouTube is their first
experience, mainly 7th-grade students in junior high school. It piqued the interest
of the researcher’s current study to examine the student’s experiences of learning
Listening through YouTube by employing a phenomenological study, as the
research design, at one of the junior high schools in Karangpucung, Cilacap, Central
Java. The data were collected from observation and close-ended questionnaires to
32 EFL students who have experienced learning listening using YouTube in
listening class. The findings revealed that learning Listening using YouTube in
class is easier to understand for students and makes them feel more passionate,
happy, and enthusiastic. Furthermore, students became more confident in
communicating in English after learning Listening through Youtube.
