STUDENTS’ INTENSITY IN WATCHING ENGLISH VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE an‎d THEIR LISTENING SKILL: A CORRELATIONAL STUDY

This study investigated senior high school students' intensity in watching English videos on YouTube, their listening skill, and how these two variables are related. This study was conducted to 81 eleventh-grade students at senior high school. They were asked to fill a questionnaire in order to gather information about their intensity in watching English videos on YouTube and also do the TOEFL listening test to measure their listening skill. Pearson Product Moment correlation was employed to examine the correlation between their intensity in watching English videos on YouTube and listening skill. The results revealed that the students are mostly in the medium category for their watching intensity and so is their listening level. There is also a significant correlation between students' intensity in watching English videos on YouTube and their listening skill. Thus, to acquire students' listening skill, watching English video on YouTube can be an alternative media to be used inside or outside the classroom.