TED TALK AND VIDEO BLOG IN 21ST CENTURY SPEAKING CLASS: THE STUDENTS PERSPECTIVE

This research aimed to describe the students' perspectives toward the roles of TED Talks and Video Blog (Vlog) in activating students' in the 21st-century speaking class. The research method used was a qualitative research design. The researchers collected data by using observation, questionnaires, and interviews. The participants were the students of X IPA 1 and X IPA 2 of SMAN 9 Wajo, involving 50 students by using a purposive sampling technique. The findings showed that involving videos in speaking class will make them feeling energize, not be bored, or feeling helpful during the learning process of English class, especially speaking. Although the students come from the remote area and do not engage closely with technology, it is not the barrier for the teacher to introduce them how technology make them enjoy and feeling interested when learning a foreign language, especially English.