Sahar A. N. The Role of Educational Videocasts Technique on Enhancing EFL University Students’ Accomplishments and their Attitudes Towards Learning English

Abstract

Videocast is one of the instructional tools that facilitates students' participation in using the language due to its flexibility in presenting educational content. Videocasts resemble podcasts, but they combine image features which include films, presentations, or picture animations that improve learning. Videocast in a learning environment is a pedagogical instrument that contains the production, sharing, distribution, or streaming of video-based information to meet instructional objectives. Since attitudes are considered important determinants in English language learning, it is important to shed light on attitudes toward learning English by using videocasts technique. The current study aims to examine the impact of educational videocast in enhancing university students’ performance and their attitudes towards learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL). The study design is a quasi-experimental. The validation sample of this research comprised (80) students of the Second year enrolled in the academic year 2022-2023, in English department of College of Education of Women, Tikrit University. They were divided into two groups, experimental and control with (40) students for each group. The data is gathered by using two instruments: a post-test to measure students’ performance and a scale to measure students’ attitude. The researcher follows the “suggested version of the Attitudes towards Digital Educational Technologies (DETs) Scale for University Students (ATDETS-US)”. This scale consists of behavioral, emotional, and cognitive subscales. Using Cronbach’s Alpha confirms the internal consistency as well as reliability of the subscales of the ATDETS-US. The results reveal that: 1) There are statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the experimental group (78. 59) with a standard deviation of (11.77) and control group (64. 17) with a standard deviation of (12. 68)  . 2)The study shows that there are positive attitudes towards vediocasts. 3) By bridging conventional with modern technology instruction, we can find that learning through videocast fosters dynamic of educational experience and make more flexible in language learning, underscoring the pedagogical value of videocast instruction.