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The Impact of Youtube on Iraqi EFL Learners’ Academic Achievements at Sawa Private University: A Critical Essay

Abdullah Najim Abd Al Khanaifsawy

Volume: 13 Issue: 2 2023

Abstract:

The present essay aims at investigating the effects of the educational videos on the college students’ academic achievements. The present paper came after checking the students’ responses to the lecture’s questions submitted by the instructor to the students to see how far the students go with their responses following their tracking YouTube videos. The present essay was based on the quantitative method and data had been collected through a sample survey. The study has revealed that that watching educational videos affected the academic activities and performance of the respondents positively. It also has confirmed that most of the students preferred short animated to summarize the lectures that they were requested to be presented in the upcoming lecture.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.37648/ijrssh.v13i02.017

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