Students’ Perception of Using YouTube in Learning Grammar

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FARADISA ZAFIRA ARNAS. NIM: 1801055146. Students’ perception of using YouTube in learning Grammar. A Paper, Jakarta, The Study Programme of English Education, The Faculty of Teacher and Education Studies, The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. Hamka, 2022.
This study is to find out what the students’ perceptions of using YouTube videos in learning grammar are. Meanwhile, the sub focus is the way YouTube can help students in learning grammar. This research used zoom meeting to record participant interviews. The research will be conducted from May to June 2022. The participant in this research are 10 students of UHAMKA faculty of teachers and education studies in English education department who have taken Advanced English Structure. Based on the findings, the researcher concludes that the participants still felt challenges in using YouTube to learn grammar. The main challenge is using YouTube needs an internet quota. Because YouTube is web-application based, which means a program that is accessed over a network connection using HTTP, rather than existing within a device's memory. And the other challenge is choosing a suitable tutor. Most of the participants choose a native speaker tutor. Besides learning grammar, they can also learn pronunciation and listening at the same time. Furthermore, there still challenges that they were felt when using YouTube in learning grammar, the participants perceive that there were many advantages of using YouTube in learning grammar. All participants agreed that learning grammar using YouTube is different from the study in the class. Using YouTube in learning grammar can enhance their understanding of grammar and motivate them in learning grammar. YouTube has many interesting videos to learn. The participants also agreed that YouTube is efficient to use, so they can learn grammar everywhere.