YouTube videos as pedagogical tools to improve EFL learners’ oral fluency : the case of third year LLCE students, at the department of english, university of Bejaia

Abstract

The present study probes the effect of using YouTube videos as pedagogical tools to improve EFL learners’ oral fluency. Our population consists of third year LLCE students who are divided into control and experimental group, teachers of oral expression and teachers of civilization, at the department of English, university of Bejaia. To test this method of teaching speaking; thus, we opted for the experimental method to attain our objective. The tools used are both quantitative and qualitative. The former is composed of questionnaires and students’ evaluation checklists; the latter has to do with interview as well as classroom observation. The results revealed that, the majority of third year LLCE students are not fluent in English. In addition, all third year LLCE students, teachers of oral expression (except for one) and teachers of civilization expressed a positive attitude toward the suggested hypothesis