The use of videos to promote the speakingskills in the efl third level language department at the University of Cuenca

Abstract

This research centers on the use of video resources in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom and the utilization of the web video source, “ENGLISH TODAY,” “English Conversation,” and “Learn English Speaking - English Course” [English Subtitle] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQwNoXq2wf8), to promote the speaking skills of students of the Third Level Language Department of the University of Cuenca. Students and teachers of the Third Level Language Department of the University of Cuenca were asked and requested to offer their points of view about the use of videos, then, they were asked to express their concepts about it, and finally, their progress was tested before, during, and after the submission of the video material. This goal was completed using measurement tools such as a survey, a pre-test and a post-test, questionnaires, and the analysis of the results was developed using quantitative graphics which are attached to the present investigation. Experts in education have carried out some special experiments about the technique of video resources, asserting that an active and motivating beginning of English classes is to offer feasible video material. The situations given in most of the video material agree directly with the different topics studied in the syllabus of the Third Level in the Language Department at the University of Cuenca.