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2. Teaching Vocabulary Using YouTube Videos
Teaching vocabulary must be easy and enjoyable for the students. It is intended so the students easy to keep the new words in their mind. English
teachers have to use good method and technique in teaching vocabulary to young learners. There are many kinds of techniques that can be applied in teaching
vocabulary such as by using pictures, videos, games, etc. Allen 1983 states some techniques of vocabulary teaching that can be prepared and chosen as follows:
a Demonstration. The technique, which belongs to demonstration, is gesture and action
performing. The teacher can use real object and command. Teacher may demonstrate the material using of real objects available in the classroom such
as door, windows, clock, desk, etc. b Visual Aids
Visual means something visible. Teacher may use visual aids in the teaching of vocabulary to enable students to observe and identify the objects vividly.
Beside that, visualization may interest the students in their learning vocabulary. c Verbal Explanation
Verbal explanation can be carried out through definition and translation. Teacher can use explanation in the students’ own language, definitions in
simple English, and using vocabulary that students have already known to show the meaning.
d Word List When using word list technique, teacher should pay attention to vocabulary
selection. The words taught should relate and appropriate to the students need and relate to their level.
In this research, the writer is interested in doing research in teaching vocabulary is by using YouTube video, it is a kind of short video existing in
internet. Video is medium of communication which contains some information and through video, students, of course, can see the gestures and facial expressions
which play as essential role in clarifying the part of the meaning which is conveyed by intonation and tone voice.
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According to Sherman 2003: p.1, video allow us to introduce any aspect of real life into the language learning environment, contextualizing the
learning process. Besides, it can be used in many different instructional settings, from the classroom to online distance learning campuses. The great value of video
lies in its combination of sounds, images, and sometimes text in the form of subtitles, together with the socio-cultural information about habits, traditions,
culture, etc. All this makes it a very comprehensible tool for teaching vocabulary to foreign language students
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Teaching English using video will give a fun atmosphere to the students, especially young learners. They can learn unconsciously while they are watching
the film, so that they enjoy language learning. Tomalin 1991: p.48 states one of the aims of teaching English to young children is to instill in them the idea that
language learning is a happy experience, and video creates an attractive enjoyable learning environment. It means that it is important to make children feel comfort
and happy first in order to make language learning run effectively. Basically, there are two main uses of video have been distinguished:
instructional video, specifically created to teach foreign languages, and authentic video materials, such as films, TV series, commercials, etc., originally created for
native speakers of the language. Even if it can sometimes be more difficult to handle, it is in fact very functional to use authentic video in the foreign language
class, since students can profit more efficiently from this type of input, given its presentation of real not manipulated and complete communicative situations,
that is what learners really need in real life. Authentic videos for young learners will often contain a lot of repetition.
This is a good lesson for lower levels because students only have to focus on a minimum of spoken dialogue. Students watch a scene from a film which has lots
of things that they can see and therefore write in their vocabulary books. Talavan 2007: p.1 states that students of all levels can benefit from the
use of video, since there are always easier video sequences, spoken at a slower rate that can match lower level students’ needs. Besides, authentic video has an
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obvious advantage over conventional audio tapes and the visual dimension that makes understanding easier through gestures and context.
In addition, teaching English using YouTube video will be appropriate to young learners since it provides an entertainment to the students therefore it will
not only leads the language learning learnable but also enjoyable.
3. The Criteria for Selecting Video
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