YouTube in Kindergarten teaching: Using Online Videos in Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Using videos in teaching is a novel teaching technique which has been widely applied by educators all over the world. YouTube consists a teaching tool which has been in our lives almost a decade. Evidently, it has penetrated almost every domain of both personal and professional aspects of human nature. This paper explores the use of the YouTube platform as a tool in kindergarten English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teaching. Secondly, the effects of visuals and video technology on pre-school students are going to be discussed. Additionally, this analysis reflects on possible drawbacks and limitations that the use of YouTube effectuates in the EFL classroom and whether the students are positively or negatively motivated towards the foreign language. Finally, pedagogical implications and suggestions will be recommended for effective teaching implementation of the aforementioned platform based on the writer’s personal experience.
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