Peer Review: Scrutinizing and Utilizing Scenes from Youtube.com in the Teaching of Speaking at False Beginner Level

Abstract

Are you a big fan of "On The Spot" Program on Trans7? If so, you may notice that all videos shown in that program are taken from youtube.com, and it always puts youtube.com as the footage. Isn't it challenging to copy the idea of using youtube.com in the teaching of English? In addition, the widespread use of internet network enables English teachers to utilize the use of technology more and more in the English Language Teaching (ELT) Classroom. Many techniques in teaching speaking are now available, mostly stressing on the importance of communicative compentence. Some are already equipping themselves with the use of technologies. This paper tries to discover some practical techniques in teaching speaking by using some scenes or short viideos from http://www.youtube.com in ELT classroom, especially the topics which are included in Speaking I Course syllabus of the English Department, Lambung Mangkurat University. The first-year-and-second-semester students of the English Department, Lambung Mangkurat University, are false beginners. They started their English lesson from high schools, but they did not really acquire what they have learned. In short, this article proposes some ideas in order that the teaching of speaking is becoming more effective and meaningful. Therefore, the acqusition may happen.