Korištenje YouTube videozapisa na nastavi engleskog jezika

The topic of this master’s thesis is the use of YouTube videos in ESL/EFL lessons, focusing on students’ attitudes towards the video-sharing platform and its effectiveness in improving language proficiency, while also serving as a supplementary tool to stimulate students’ interest and motivation. Although technology and media have become an integral part of daily life and education, the topic of YouTube remains a relatively underexplored field within Croatian context. The research was carried out through a survey which gathered responses from 241 high school students in Croatia, aged 14 to 17. The survey was first distributed via e-mail to high school EFL teachers from various high schools in Zagreb who then shared the survey with their students. The survey was divided into three parts. The first part included general questions aiming to gather demographic information of the participants. The second part explored the participants’ attitudes towards four different social media and video-sharing platforms, as well as focusing on their preferences regarding YouTube video materials, such as video length, preferred language and types of content. In the third part the participants had to express their level of agreement on 16 statements, the aim of which was to explore the connection between YouTube use in EFL lessons and students’ motivation. The goal of the research was to investigate students’ overall perceptions of YouTube as an English language learning tool used in EFL lessons and the implications the use of YouTube video materials has on their motivation.