This presentation talks about the use of YouTube as a pedagogical Web resource 2.0 in teaching and learning the English Language as a Foreign Language.

1. OUR DEMOSTRATION:
YouTube
By César Darío Sánchez Briceño & Miguel Ángel Cervera Alamilla

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
tags, titles and descriptions that users assign to their videos.
• YouTube has a simple 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.
• Educational content 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
• Probably, 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 changing the way we learn by providing
unrestricted access to the 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. English as
a Foreign Language is one sphere that has embraced this
new trend with open arms. Teachers and Learners can now
opt for a more blended approach to study by incorporating
English video lessons into their personal education plans.

7. “Why should We 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 teaching/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.