Non-Native Speakers’ Perceptions Of The Impact Of English Vlogging On Their Speaking Skills

This research aimed to study about the perceptions of non-native speakers‟ of the impact of English vlogging on their speaking skill. This study used a qualitative method to obtain a comprehensive picture of the opinions of non- native speakers who were doing an English vlogging actively of the impact of it through in-depth interviews. Convenience sampling technique was used to recruit participants and 5 non-natives contributed to this study. The finding showed that non-native speakers had different opinions toward definition of vlogging due to their own purposes in making vlog; there were both positive and negative perceptions that some of them perceived that vlogging impacted to the improvement of their vocabularies, grammar, pronunciation, fluency, and accuracy. On the other hand, the remaining perceived that vlogging did not impact anything to their pronunciation and grammar; one of them perceived vlog as assessment tool and got feedback; they also adopted to new skill while doing a vlog. However, challenges in doing a vlog were also found.