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Exploring the influences of English songs on EFL juniors’ listening skill development at Nguyen Tat Thanh University

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This study mainly investigated the influences of English songs on EFL juniors’ listening skill development at Nguyen Tat Thanh University. The study aimed to determine whether English songs would enhance students’ listening comprehension, the benefits of English songs on their listening skill improvement, learning experiences with English songs, and some challenges of English songs on the listening skill development. The study used quantitative and qualitative methods through the questionnaire and in-depth interviews. The results showed that students’ listening skills had improved significantly. Through English songs, students were able to improve many other abilities, including better vocabulary recognition, better understanding of different accents, and improved comprehension of spoken English in a more natural way. The study found that English songs were an effective supplementary tool in EFL listening instruction and recommended that they should be incorporated into curriculum to help university-level learners have more enjoyable and authentic language learning experiences.

The Impacts of Youtube Videos on EFL Juniors’ Listening Skill at Nguyen Tat Thanh University

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Using YouTube videos in English learning has become popular in recent years. This study investigates the impact of YouTube videos on EFL juniors’ listening skill at Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Vietnam. It contributes to improving students’ listening skill. The paper conducts a mixed-method approach, including a quantitative survey on eighty juniors and a qualitative in-depth interview with five random participants. The survey provides data on attendees’ attitudes towards watching YouTube videos in listening skill improvement. Meanwhile, the interview offers deeper insights into the challenges and benefits that these videos have brought to them. The findings reveal positive effects of YouTube clips on their listening skill development through examining the survey’s results and exploring the interview’s information. The study highly conducts YouTube videos’ potential benefits in teaching and learning listening skill. Further research is suggested to discover its long-term effects on the other language skills such as speaking and writing ones.