enriching students' vocabulary using theme based youtube video

perpustakaan.uns.ac.iddigilib.uns.ac.id 17facilitators of reading comprehension, which stresses the close relationshipbetween vocabulary and reading.Irina (2010) writes “Using YouTube Videos in Teaching English”. Shestates that video material taken from YouTube can be a very useful source andasset for the language teaching-learning process because it combines both fun andpedagogic instructions in an authentic material that reflect real interaction. Usingvideos in the English class is a very helpful and stimulating method to motivatethe students to get the most of the lesson. By employing videotaped materialteachers can always create an indefinite number of language teaching activities.The devised activities above are mere examples based on one short segment andeach focuses of a different language skill that EFL students need to acquire.E. RationaleVocabulary plays an important role in learning English as secondlanguage. It becomes the basic competence in order to get other competence likelistening, speaking, reading, and writing. Considering the importance ofvocabulary, it is better to introduce it earlier. Here, the students of elementaryschool are the right level in introducing English vocabulary so that it can preparethem entering the next stages of education.Thus, there should be a technique that can facilitate the improvement ofstudents’ vocabulary. Remembering that the students still belong to younglearners with their special characteristics, the technique selected must be suitablefor them. It is essential to find out ways of promoting learning activities which aremotivating, interesting, and fun in order to make the objective of the teachinglearningprocess can be achieved.YouTube video, then are thought to be adequate for that purpose since itprovides the combination of sounds, images, and sometimes text (in the form ofsubtitles). All this make it a very comprehensible tool for teaching vocabularyespecially for elementary students. The use of YouTube video enables the teacherto create follow up activities where the students can be actively involved. Theywill be attracted in learning activitycommitso thatto userthey can accept what is being taught