Utilizing Video Clips in Teaching Afro Asian Stories among Grade Eight Students of Tipas National High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Reading becomes tedious to most of the students of today. Books, when brought by the teacher to the class, distributed them and started opening them suggested that it was a long and boring journey, that's their instinct. As modern educators, we aim to get students energized and engaged in the hands-on learning process, and video is an instructional medium that is compelling and generates a much greater amount of interest and enjoyment than the more traditional printed material.

METHODS

The descriptive type was used in the study to gather pertinent data. The respondents of the study were 95 students from Grade eight in Tipas National High School. They came from two out of five sections of Grade eight. The researcher used a fishbowl technique wherein one representative in each section was tasked to draw in the fishbowl to determine whether their group will watch the video clips or will read the texts. Ten item quiz regarding the story was given to both groups to measure their understanding of the stories. The researcher administered the test to the respondents. The result of the test was tallied carefully and tabulated for statistical treatment. This was useful for the visualization and interpretation of data. The performances of the groups were compared to determine the effectiveness of video clips on the comprehension of the students.

RESULTS

Several potential benefits of using video clips in the teaching process have been identified. Video stimulates and engages students creating interest and maintaining that interest for longer periods can improve learning outcomes as well as learning satisfaction. Based on p-values using the z-test, the group of students who watched the video clips of the stories understand each story better than those who read. When the scores of the students were analyzed using a z-test the probability value is ( ≥0.05). It means that there is a significant difference between the use of video clips and reading text in the understanding stories.

DISCUSSIONS

Video clips in understanding stories could be one of the effective tools and helpful material for teachers in engaging the learners to enjoy and learn the lesson of the stories. It could be a way to break the boredom of tedious reading of long stories. As the 21st=century students are more visual learners than avid readers.