the YOUTUBE AS A DIGITAL MEDIUM FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS
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bilingual YouTube videos; comprehensible input; English language learning; oral communication; qualitative content analysisAbstract
The growing use of YouTube as a digital learning platform has expanded opportunities for English language learning among English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners. This study explored how comprehensible input is presented in bilingual educational videos and how it supports learners’ oral communication development. A qualitative descriptive approach using qualitative content analysis was employed. The data consisted of twelve educational videos purposively selected from four Indonesian English-learning YouTube channels: Sacha Stevenson, Mr D, Englishvit, and Kampung Inggris LC. Data were collected through documentation and non-participant observation and analyzed using coding and thematic analysis. The findings revealed three main themes. First, comprehensible input was constructed through bilingual scaffolding that combined English explanations with Indonesian support, contextual examples, repetition, and multimodal resources. Second, content creators applied bilingual explanation strategies, including direct translation, code-switching, paraphrasing, and contextual explanations, to improve learners’ understanding. Third, the videos promoted oral communication development through pronunciation modeling, repetition, and speaking-oriented activities that encouraged learners to transform language input into spoken production. These findings indicate that bilingual YouTube educational videos serve as effective digital resources for providing comprehensible input and supporting oral communication learning in EFL contexts.
Keywords: bilingual YouTube videos; comprehensible input; English language learning; oral communication; qualitative content analysis
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