Improving the Speaking Skill by Vlog (video blog) as Learning Media: The EFL Students Perspective

Nowadays, speaking skill is needed for all people in the world including students. The rapid development of computer and Internet technologies has helped the language learning especially in speaking. The purposes of this research were: 1) to know how students' perspective on the use of video blog to improve speaking skill and 2) to study about what student's strategy in using video blog to improve speaking skill. The samples were 5 students of Information and Technology (IT) Department in one of University in Indonesia who learnt speaking subject. This qualitative research applied a purposeful sampling technique to get samples. The method of the research concerned to the students' perspective in the use of video blog and students' strategy to use it while the data came from the students' interview and observation. The result shows that students' perspective on the use of video blog to improve speaking skill is good through various strategies. Furthermore, students have good English skills by using video blog as the media to learn English.