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they are following. YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips Shafei and Nejati: 92. Similar to
en.wiktionary.orgwikiYouTube, any website that allows users to upload content, particularly YouTube itself; A small video that can be viewed online,
particularly one hosted on YouTube; To upload a video of something to the internet, particularly to YouTube. It is understood that YouTube videos make a
powerful contribution; contribution to interest and motivation in teaching learning process, a sense of the context of the language, and a specific reference point or
stimulus.
1. The Nature of Video
Video is a component of instruction in classroom. It can be aid in teaching learning process. Cooper 1991: 11 states that video is a supercharged medium of
communication and a powerful vehicle of information. It is packed with message, images, and ambiguity, and so represents a rich terrain to be worked and reworked
in the language learning. Similar to Heinich 1996: 198 state that video is media format that employs a cathode-ray screen to present the picture portion of the
message. It is medium of communication which contain some information. The information is in the form of picture, image, and action.
Videos can appear to shift time and space. Video, regardless of the type of technology with which it is created, edited, and transmitted, offers a number of
significant instructional advantages. Using video in support of teaching and learning offers some benefits involved in implementing video in the classroom.
The learners see video as a positive and powerful teaching tool. According to Collie and Slater 1999: 4, for most learners, video is an entertaining and
motivating medium. The visual support not only provides valuable assistance in overall comprehension-seeing the gesture and expression of the speakers and the
social context in which they are speaking can be so important-but learners are also usually more interested in what people have to say when they can actually see
them. Addition McDonald, et al. 2003: 323 state the school that are equipped with compressed video system can bring live, fully interactive instruction from
one location to the next or have distance guest speakers visit the classroom without having to travel. It is important o make the students active whenever they
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watch video material. This active involvement forms part of the stage of any lesson with video material.
2. The Benefits of Video
