2. What about this resource?
• Is a popular video sharing website where registered users can upload and
share videos with anyone able to access the site. These videos can also
be embedded and shared on other sites. YouTube was developed by
former PayPal employees in 2005 and was acquired by Google in 2006. It
has had a profound impact on media and advertising.
3. Main characteristics
• YouTube maintains a logistics that allows you to locate any video by
means of metadata tags, titles and descriptions that users assign to their
videos, but whose use is restricted only to videos hosted on YouTube.
• YouTube has a minimalist player for easy use, configured the quality of its
videos during 2008 allowing users to view the videos with a greater
definition, the range of formats supported on the platform are several,
there is a copy restriction and copyright for user safety and due to its
popularity during 2009, the number of people using this platform has
increased and it is very common for people to know how to use the
platform, even at a basic level.
4. Advantages
• It allows users to create multimedia video and audio content.
• Users can communicate through communities between comments and personal
messages; since last year, YouTube has allowed users to post pictures as well.
• The amount of videos that this platform offers is huge, therefore, educational content also
abounds on YouTube, it is possible to learn through videos.
• YouTube allows the user to create playlists; there are channels that divide your content
through playlists to make your search even easier.
5. Disadvantages
• Possibly the biggest disadvantage of this platform is that not all
shared content is based on a formal or real study.
• Its use is not possible without an internet connection.
6. How to apply it in EFL learning
environments
• Today, the internet is fundamentally changing the way we learn by
providing unrestricted access to a vast range of information.
According to some sources, streamed video content now accounts for
around 50% of all global internet traffic. This statistic shows that more
people now prefer to receive information in video format than
through reading large volumes of text. EFL is one sphere that has
embraced this new trend with open arms. Learners can now opt for a
more blended approach to study by incorporating English video
lessons into their personal education plans.
7. “Why should I use YouTube for English learning?”
Here are a few reasons:
• You might already have books or classroom lessons, but having a
variety of materials can promote learning.
• You can pause and rewind an English language video on YouTube
whenever you need to.
• Many of the English learning videos let you see the speaker’s
mouths. This way you can better understand how their mouths move
to create different English sounds.
8. • It is necessary to change the role of the educator, from the
speaker of information to the information counselor, just as the
student must move from being a listener to a participant and
collaborator in carrying out the task.
• Motivate and organize the knowledge that we can access with
Web 2.0.
• The teacher should be able to use the tool and leave traditional
methods to start using new learning methodologies.
• Develop new skills to search, collect and process information to
turn it into knowledge.
9. One of the best reasons to learn English with YouTube is that
most of the lessons are short, but convey a lot of information in
easy-to-understand ways. There’s no chance of you losing your
focus. By dipping into one short lesson a day you will soon notice
the difference in your ability to speak English.
10. The technological use of the Web 2.0
resource
• As we all know, the term Web 2.0 was introduced to the world
more than eight years ago by Tim O'Reilly and Dale Dougherty
in 2004 during the course of a brainstorming session,
establishing it as "a second generation in the history of the web
based on communities of users and a special range of internet
services and applications that is modified thanks to social
participation” (Palomo, R.; Ruiz, J.; Sánchez, J., 2008, p. 13).
11. • That is, a change of Web in data and content, forming a community
space and social interaction for the development of content through
services that provide information and communication.
At the educational level, YouTube is a clear example of what Web 2.0
resources are, because it allows the development of content in a
group and individual, in addition to retake the philosophy of the
teacher as a mediator, and the student as a builder of their own
knowledge; in this way, it can become a proactive part of his/her
learning process, at any time and place, as long as one can get
accessed to its information through an electronic device.
12. To be able to implement this resource within a classroom,
it is necessary to take into account these characteristics:
• Interactivity: that the resource allows interactive contact.
• Connectivity: without internet access, users can not use it.
• The content can be modified, that is, it has dynamic applications.
• Encourage collaborative participation.
• It is adapted to all types of users.
• Character Bete, that is, is constantly improving.
• Gratituity of its application.
• Mobility; This aspect refers to the fact that information can be
introduced and captured in different places.
