“A study on learning English

through TEDx Talks channel on

YouTube”

By : Nguyen Thi Phuong Hong

Supervisor : M. A Nguyen Dinh Sinh
Field: English linguistics
 PRESENTATION OUTLINE
1. Rationale of the study
2. Aims and objectives of the study
3. Research questions
4. Scope of the study
5. Methods of the study
6. Results of the study
7. Recommendations
8. Conclusion
9. Limitations of the study
10. Suggestions for further studies
 1. Rationale of the study
 No one can deny the importance of English in present
time
 English self-learning online can make learners confused
and overwhelmed
 TEDx Talks is the most prominent of TED Talks
2. Aims and objectives of the study

To give the
To find out the To find out the method to learn
real situation of benefits which English effectively
second-year TEDx Talks through TEDx
students of FFL channel on Talks channel for
at UTEHY about YouTube bring to second-year
learning English. learners. students of FFL
at UTEHY.
 3. Research questions
• What is the real situation of second-year
students of FFL at UTEHY about practicing
1 English listening skills ?

• What benefits does this channel bring to

students ?
2

• How do they use this channel for learning

English listening skills ?
3
 4. Scope of the study

A study on using TEDx Talks channel on YouTube to

improve English listening skills for the second- year
students of FFL at UTEHY
 5. Methods of the study

Quantitative Quanlitative
method : Survey method :
questionnaires Interviews

60 second- 10 second-
year students year students
chosen in FFL, chosen in FFL,
UTEHY UTEHY

6 lecturers of 2 lecturers of
English in FFL, English in FFL,
UTEHY UTEHY
 Data Collection Instruments

Two types of instruments :

The questionnaires:
 1st questionnaire: 14 questions, 6 teachers of English
listening skills
 2nd questionnaire: 14 questions, 60 second year students
The interviews:
 1st interview : 5 questions, 2 teachers of English listening
skills
 2nd interview : 4 questions, 10 second year students
 Data collection procedure

The • 1st questionnaire: 20’ & collected right after for

each teacher.
questionnaire
s • 2nd questionnaire: 30’ & collected right after

• 1st interview : 15’ & recorded all for each

teacher
The interviews
• 2nd interview : 20’ in the average & recorded
all for each student
 6. Results of the study
1. The real situation of second year students of FFL at
UTEHY about practicing English listening skills
 A half of students agreed that their target to learn
listening skills because they thought “It is necessary
for their study”(Table 1 )
 Both teachers and students stated that watching
videos on YouTube were interested and useful.(Chart
3 ;Chart 4 )
 Students often use 1-3 h /week to learn English on
YouTube while teachers use less than 1 h /week (Chart
5)
 6. Results of the study
1. The real situation of second year students of FFL at
UTEHY about practicing English listening skills
- After being introduced about TEDx Talks channel on
YouTube to learn English
 listening skills were the most favourite skills (Chart 6 )
 most of them favoured topic “ Life” (Table 2 )
 Most of students and teachers strongly believed that
listening skills were “Very important” (Chart 7 )
 6. Results of the study

1. The real situation of second year students of FFL at

UTEHY about practicing English listening skills
 Students often listen to English new words “In English
listening lessons at school”; “When listening English
songs or watching English movies/ TV shows” and “When
practicing English abilities at home” (Table 3 )
 Both students and teachers appreciated that spending 2
hours to learn listening skills through TEDx Talks channel
in a day were suitable. (Chart 8)
 6. Results of the study
2. The benefits of this channel to students
 “Students’ listening ability and vocabulary sources”;
“Difficulties in listening English words clearly, especially
the strange words”; “Difficulties in listening and
understand new phrases which are used in videos
through TEDx Talks” were 3 main factors effect to
students’ ability when watching TEDx Talks videos.(Chart
9)

 Most of students and teachers believed that watching

videos on TEDx Talks channel affect learning English
“Very much” and “Much” (Chart 10)
 6. Results of the study

2. The benefits of this channel to students

 Students and teachers agreed that “To increase students
motivation for learning English” and “To get more
knowledge about human, society and soft skills” were 2
main targets which watching videos through TEDx Talks
bring.(Chart 11 )
 Improving listening skills and Improving English
vocabulary were 2 main benefits by TEDx Talks videos,
given by students’ and teachers’ ideas.(Table 4)
 6. Results of the study

3. The use of channel for learning English listening

skills
 Before watching a video, students liked “Prepare their
vocabulary” ; “Prepare a pen and paper to note down the
conversation” and “Watch suitable videos to their English
level as well as their hobby”.(Chart 12 )
 After watching, students would like “Speak after the
sentences of the conversation” and “Translate the
conversation”. (Chart 13)
 Interviews
 Most of participants spent the time for watching
videos for learning and teaching English purpose.
 About a half of them had some information about
TEDx Talks channel.
 Beside the researcher’s methods, students talked
about some another ways to learn English listening
skills effectively through TEDx Talks
 Teachers liked choosing suitable videos for their
students, hide the subtitles when showing it and give
some tasks for them after watching
 7. Recommendations
To students :
 Before watching videos on TEDx Talks channel
 Prepare the vocabulary
 Prepare a pen and paper to note down
 Choose suitable videos to their English level as well as their hobby.
 While watching videos on TEDx Talks channel
 Note down words
 Copy the intonation
 Listen many times
 After watching videos on TEDx Talks channel
 Speak after the sentences
 Translate the conversation
 Review your note
 Note the sayings
 7. Recommendations

To teachers :
 Before watching videos on TEDx Talks channel :
 Choose suitable videos for their students
 While watching videos on TEDx Talks channel :
 Hide the subtitles
 After watching videos on TEDx Talks channel :
 Giving some tasks after watching the video
 8. Conclusion

The study obtains its objectives.

 Covering the theories related to the study.
 Finding out the answers for three research questions.
 9. Limitations of the study

1 2
• The number of • Researcher’s ability
informants, the and research
limitation of time. methodology
10. Suggestions for further studies

More studies on
improving pronunciation
ability for the first year
students at FFL at
UTEHY.

The impacts of listening

ability to the fluency in
speaking skills
Thanks for your
attention !
Chart 1 : Students’ experience in learning
English

9 years
10 years
11 years
12 years
13 years
 Table 1 : Students’ aims to learning
listening skills

You are excited in learning listening skills in particular, and 33%

in learning English in general.

You want to better your speaking skills. 33%

You think learning listening skills is necessary for your 49%

study.
It is one of the compulsory requirements in learning 5%
English.
Others 0%
Chart 2 : Teachers’ experience in
teaching English

7 years

10 years

11 years

12 years

16 years
Chart 3 : Teacher’s opinion about students’
feeling when they learn listening skills

35%

30%

25%

20%

15%

10%

5%

0%
Very interest Interest Not interest Not very interest
Chart 4 : Students’ and teachers’ attitudes towards
videos for learning and teaching English purpose

60%

50%

40%

Students
30%
Teachers

20%

10%

0%
Very useful Useful A bit useful Not useful
 Chart 5 : The amount of time which students
spend for learning English and teachers spend for
teaching English purpose
50%
50%
43%
45%

40% 37%

33%
35%

30%

25%

20% 17%

15%
8%
10% 7%
5%
5%
0% 0%
0%
less than 1 hour 1-3 hours per week 4-6 hours per week 6-8 hours per week more than 8 hours
per week per week

Students Teachers
 Chart 6 : Students’ and teachers’ opinions about
skills which students should learn if they use TEDx
Talks channel on YouTube

100%
Students Teachers

77% 83%

30%

3%
Listening Skills 0% 3%
Speaking skills 0%
Reading skills
Writing skills
 Table 2 : Students’ and teachers’ views about students’
interest with topics on TEDx Talks channel

Topics 1st position 2nd 3rd 4th position 5th position 6th
position position position
S T S T S T S T S T S T  
Leader 19% 0% 24% 0% 17% 0% 17% 0% 10% 33% 14% 33%
ship  
Life 62% 50% 19% 17% 7% 0% 5% 0% 5% 0% 0% 0%
 
Body 10% 0% 29% 33% 12% 33% 19% 0% 19% 17% 14% 0%
 
Data 2% 17% 2% 0% 17% 0% 19% 17% 33% 0% 29% 17%
 
Climate 7% 0% 12% 0% 21% 0% 21% 50% 24% 17% 17% 0%
change  
Solution 0% 0% 14% 17% 26% 33% 20% 0% 10% 0% 26% 17%
for grief  
Chart 7 : Students’ and teachers’ perception to
listening skills

90%

80%

70%

60%

50%

40% Students
Teachers
30%

20%

10%

0%
Very important
Important
Not important
Not very
important
 Table 3 : Students’ ideas and teachers’ predictions about
students’ situation when they listen English new words
Situations 1 2 3 4 5

S T S T S T S T S T

When watching videos on 12% 0% 17% 17% 40% 50% 23% 33% 7% 0%
TEDx Talks channel
When listening English songs 0% 0% 7% 0% 17% 67% 47% 33% 28% 0%
or watching English movies/
TV shows
In English listening lessons at 0% 0% 7% 17% 23% 17% 48% 50% 22% 17%
school
When communicating with 0% 0% 15% 0% 48% 17% 20% 83% 17% 0%
others who use English (e.g.
teachers, classmates,
foreigners)
When practicing English 2% 0% 13% 0% 45% 33% 33% 50% 5% 17%
abilities at home
Chart 8 : The amount of time which students will spend for
learning listening skills through TEDx Talks channel on
YouTube in a day, given by teachers and students

Others

4 hours

3 hours
Teachers
2 hours Students

An hour

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%

 Chart 9 : Teachers’ and students’ opinions about
factors affect students’ listening ability when watching
TEDx Talks videos
90%

80%

A. Your listening ability and your vocabulary

sources 70%

B. Motivation to listen English videos

C. Difficulties in listening English words clearly, 60%

especially the strange words

D. Difficulties in listening and understand new 50%

phrases which are used in videos through TED x Students

40% Teachers
Talks
E. The English-learning environment
30%
F. All of the above factors
G. Others
  20%

10%

0%
A B C D E F G
 Chart 10 : Teachers and students’ opinions about videos
on TEDx Talks channel on YouTube affect learning English

Not at all

Not much

A bit much Teachers

Students

Much

Very much

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

 Chart 11 : Students’ opinions about the
benefits of TEDx Talks videos on YouTube
70%

A. To solve the problem of being 60%

bored and not interested in learning

English 50%
B. To increase students motivation
for learning English
40%
C. To react quickly in English
Students
D. To understand how words are Teachers
30%
used in context
E. To get more knowledge about
20%
human, society and soft skills

10%

0%
A B C D E
 Table 4 : Benefits of watching videos through TEDx Talks
channel on YouTube to students
Strongly Strongly
Agree Uncertain Disagree
No Statements Agree Disagree
S T S T S T S T S T  

1 It is more enjoyable to watch 17% 33% 68% 50% 7% 17% 0% 0% 0% 0%  

2 It improves my listening skills 43% 17% 53% 83% 3% 0% 2% 0% 0% 0%  

3 It improves my thinking skills 17% 17% 68% 33% 13% 50% 0% 0% 2% 0%  

4 It improves my social skills 8% 17% 70% 50% 20% 33% 2% 0% 0% 0%  

5 It improves my speaking skills 32% 17% 57% 50% 12% 33% 2% 0% 0% 0%  

6 It improves my English vocabulary 35% 0% 55% 100% 10% 0% 0% 0% 2% 0%  

It improves my communication
7 25% 0% 47% 67% 23% 33% 5% 0% 0% 0%  
skills

8 It improves my understanding skills 25% 0% 50% 67% 25% 33% 2% 0% 0% 0%  

It helps me to learn English

9 18% 0% 65% 50% 13% 50% 3% 0% 0% 0%  
language faster than other ways
  It helps me enjoy watching videos
15% 0% 57% 50% 20% 50% 2% 0% 5% 0%  
10 in their original language

11 It’s helpful for my career 20% 0% 52% 35% 2% 50% 3% 17% 3% 0%  

 Chart 12 :The percentage of students’ preparation before
watching a video through TEDx Talks channel on YouTube,
given by students and teachers
67% 67%
70%

60%
A. Prepare your vocabulary
B. Prepare a pen and paper to note down 55%
50% 50%
the conversation
C. Prepare a dictionary to look up the
new words 40% 38%
D. Turn on English subtitle at the corner 32% 33% 33%
of the screen. 30%
E. Watch suitable videos to your English
level as well as your hobby 22%
20% 25%
F. Be careful with accents 17%
G. Take a video you enjoy 13%
10% 13%
 
0%
0%
A
B
C
D
E
Students Teachers F G
Chart 13 : Students’ activities after watching videos
through TEDx Talks channel on YouTube

70%

Speak after the sentences

of the conversation 60%
B. Translate the conversation
C. Review your notes
D. Summarize the content 50%

of the video
E. Find information about 40%
the presenter
F. Note the sayings you like best
30%

20%

10%

0%
A B C D E F

Students Teachers