AUTHENTIC BBC VIDEOS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL EFL CLASSROOM: AN ACTION RESEARCH STUDY

Abstract

Authentic BBC cartoon "Bing" was watched in 3rd and 4th grade EFL classroom for 14 weeks, and its effect on the students' listening and speaking proficiency was examined through a quasi-experimental mixhed methods research study. The study was planned as action research by the three EFL teachers, who met at a Teacher-as-Researcher course. The study used a pre-test and pos-test design to compare the authentic videos' effect on the 3rd and 4th grade students' listening and speaking proficiency. While no statistically significant difference was found between the experiemental and control groups at both grade level in both skills before the treatment, Ancova test suggested the effectiveness of integrating authentic videos in the teaching/learning process of 3rd grade EFL students after the treatment. The ANCOVA TEST's result was statistically significant with a small effect size. The qualitative findings of the study showed that the students had positive perceptions of watching authentic videos in EFL classes, and an opportunity to develop the habit of using authentic videos as a language acquisition tool.

Keywords

• authentic videos
• teaching listening
• primary school

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