Teachers’ Perceptions of the Impact of English Vlogging on Their Speaking Skills

Abstrak

This research aims at examining teachers' perceptions of theimpact of English vlogging on their speaking skills. The studyemployed a qualitative method to obtain a comprehensiveunderstanding of English vlogging teachers' opinions throughin-depth interviews. Convenience sampling was used to recruitparticipants, and 6 teachers contributed to this research. Thefindings indicate that teachers have slightly different opinionsregarding the definition of vlogging due to their purposes increating vlogs; however, there is an overall positive perceptionthat vlogging influences the improvement of vocabulary,grammar, pronunciation, fluency, and accuracy. On the otherhand, some teachers consider that vlogging only enhancesconfidence and has less impact on their speaking abilities, asthey were already actively speaking English before creatingvlogs. According to one participant, vlogging serves as anassessment tool, providing feedback, and they also adopt newskills while vlogging. However, challenges in vlogging are alsoidentified.

Kata kunci

• Teacher’s Perceptions
• Vlogging
• speaking