How Does Explaining Content Through Videos Benefit Language Learners? Esp Students Tell us About it.

Abstract

This work aims at analyzing English for Specific Purposes students´ perspectives towards the recording of videos as a mean to explain class content. Seventy-five students took part in the study. They recorded one video per week for over ten weeks. Those students who had recorded at least six videos were considered for the study. The participants completed a questionnaire that was composed of twenty-six Likert Scale items. In the questionnaire, students reported their level of agreement on the items. The data was analyzed by conducting a factorial analysis of main components with a Varimax rotation system. Participants´ perceptions were grouped in four factors which explain 63, 68% of the variance. The resulting factors show that by explaining content through videos the participants´ motivation and academic achievement have improved. The participants have developed personal self-regulated strategies, self-awareness of their learning progress, and environmental selfregulated strategies, indicating, from their perspectives, a positive impact of the strategy in their language learning progress.