Narrating Students’ Experience on Watching TED Talks

Digital media such as TED Talks are widely recognized as valuable educational resources for language learning, offering engaging content presented by experts in various fields that can enhance language skills and foster a deeper understanding of diverse topics. This study aimed at exploring students’ experience on watching TED Talks and how they perceived TED Talks. This research was completed using a qualitative descriptive method. The participants of this qualitative research are the PBI (English education Department) students from UIN Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh batch 2018 who are familiar with TED Talks. Semi-standardized interviews were employed as instruments to address two research questions; what are students' experience on watching TED Talks and how do students perceive TED Talks. The study findings indicate that a majority of participants expressed positive attitudes toward their experience of watching TED Talks. They reported improvements in listening and speaking skills, vocabulary enrichment, self-paced learning, as well as an enhanced understanding of diverse perspectives and cultural awareness. They also perceived TED Talks as valuable supplementary resources in language learning, and definitely recommended to their colleagues to watch TED Talks as source of material in language learning.