A program based on YouTube videos to develop speaking skills of faculties of commerce students

Abstract EN

The present study investigates the effectiveness of a program based on YouTube videos in developing speaking skills of students in the faculty of commerce, port said university.

twenty two fourth year students acting as the study group participated in this study.

the instruments used in this study included speaking skills questionnaire, a students’ needs analysis form, a pre/ post occupational speaking skills test and a scoring rubric.

a program based on YouTube videos was used to develop two skills: using oral communication skills in job interviews and using oral communication skills in business presentations.

in this study, the one group pre post-test was used.

the results of the study revealed that there was a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the students in the pre posttest of speaking skills, in favor of the post test.

this indicates the effectiveness of the proposed program in developing the participants’ english speaking skills.