Definition of Video Video Program

29 using a variety of activities using videos, the learners’ language skills; listening, speaking, and writing can be practiced and enhanced”. Besides, it is important to know the tips in controlling of equipment while teaching using. Brewster et al. 2002 mentions some tips to help the teacher in the teaching-learning process using video. First, the teacher should familiarize with the video player and the remote control. The teacher needs to practice several times. Second, the teacher should watch a video program sequence for several times before showing it to the students in order to make the teacher prepare the materials well. After that, the teacher should practice how to use pause and rewind buttons, and check the equipment before starting the lesson. Next, the teacher should make sure all the students can see and hear the video and know what they have to do while viewing. The last is the teacher should use the pause button to give the students time to complete the task and always be prepared to give the students second or third viewing if it is needed. All of them are very useful to plan video-based work into a lesson. Teachers should know why video is very useful for language teaching process. Harmer 2002 states that there are some reasons why a video can add special and extra dimension in learning experience. First, it allows the students to hear the language; see gestures, expressions, and other visual clues which convey general meaning. Video can provide real models since it include all the characteristics of natural spoken English language in realistic situations. Second, it uniquely allows students to looking at situations far beyond their classroom. It can develop students’ cultural awareness. For example, what kinds of food people 30 eat in other countries and what they wear. Third, it can increase students’ level of interest and motivation through its interesting moving pictures. In conclusion, teaching listening with video appears as an effective media in teaching-learning English. It can be used to overcome classroom problems in learning a foreign language.

c. The Advantages of Using the Video Program

There are many advantages of using video in the classroom. Those advantages should be taken into account and be used as guidance for the teacher before taking videos in language learning classrooms Smaldino et al. 2007: 315- 316. The advantages of using videos in language classroom according to Smaldino et al. 2007: 315-316 are the following: 1 Motion Moving images have an obvious advantage over still visuals portraying concepts in which motion is essential to learning such as motor skill. 2 Processes In the processes of watching videos, the students are be able to study the content and also enjoy it. 3 Risk free observation Videos allow the learners to observe phenomena that might be too dangerous to view directly, such as eclipse of the sun, a volcanic eruption or warfare. 4 Dramatization Dramatic recreation can bring historical values and personalities to life.