A Study on YouTube Channels of Foreign Languages Teaching Foundation

Sedat Maden; Musa Kaya

doi:10.17275/per.23.33.10.2

EN

A Study on YouTube Channels of Foreign Languages Teaching Foundation

Abstract

This study was conducted to examine the YouTube channels of Yunus Emre Institute, British Council, Institut Français, Instituto Cervantes, Confucius Institute and Goethe Institut foundations having channels on YouTube, one of the largest video sharing platforms of the world. The channels in this study, were examined through the qualitative research method in terms of the upload date, the numbers of subscribers, the numbers of videos, the videos’ grouping status, the number of video views, and the features of the most watched videos. As a result of the study, it appears that Yunus Emre Institute created its YouTube channel in 2014, British Council in 2010, Institut Français in 2017, Instituto Cervantes in 2017, Confucius Institute (U.S.) in 2017 and Goethe Institute in 2007. Yunus Emre Institute, one of the channels on YouTube, has more than 64400 subscribers, British Council has 542000, Institut Français has 3650, Instituto Cervantes has 69100, Confucius Institute has 801, and Goethe Institute has 301000. It is found that Yunus Emre Institute has 925, British Council has 134, Institut Français has 463, Instituto Cervantes has 1115, Confucius Institute has 82, and Goethe Institute has 1152 videos on YouTube. It has been determined that YouTube channels belonging to institutions established to teach the world's most spoken languages were created adopting similar paradigms and after the year 2007.

Keywords

Foreign language teaching foundations, YouTube channels, video content, number of views and subscribers

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Other Fields of Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Sedat Maden
0000-0002-8024-8182
Türkiye

Musa Kaya ^*
0000-0001-6600-6753
Türkiye

Publication Date

March 30, 2023

Submission Date

October 10, 2022

Acceptance Date

January 31, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 10 Number: 2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.17275/per.23.33.10.2

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APA

Maden, S., & Kaya, M. (2023). A Study on YouTube Channels of Foreign Languages Teaching Foundation. Participatory Educational Research, 10(2), 142-155. https://doi.org/10.17275/per.23.33.10.2

AMA

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Chicago

Maden, Sedat, and Musa Kaya. 2023. “A Study on YouTube Channels of Foreign Languages Teaching Foundation”. Participatory Educational Research 10 (2): 142-55. https://doi.org/10.17275/per.23.33.10.2.

EndNote

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Vancouver

1.Sedat Maden, Musa Kaya. A Study on YouTube Channels of Foreign Languages Teaching Foundation. PER. 2023 Mar. 1;10(2):142-55. doi:10.17275/per.23.33.10.2