Affiliation:
1. BAYBURT ÜNİVERSİTESİ, BAYBURT EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ
Abstract
This study was conducted to examine the YouTube channels of Yunus Emre Institute, British Council, Institut Français, Instituto Cervantes, Confucius Institute and Goethe Institut foundations having channels on YouTube, one of the largest video sharing platforms of the world. The channels in this study, were examined through the qualitative research method in terms of the upload date, the numbers of subscribers, the numbers of videos, the videos’ grouping status, the number of video views, and the features of the most watched videos. As a result of the study, it appears that Yunus Emre Institute created its YouTube channel in 2014, British Council in 2010, Institut Français in 2017, Instituto Cervantes in 2017, Confucius Institute (U.S.) in 2017 and Goethe Institute in 2007. Yunus Emre Institute, one of the channels on YouTube, has more than 64400 subscribers, British Council has 542000, Institut Français has 3650, Instituto Cervantes has 69100, Confucius Institute has 801, and Goethe Institute has 301000. It is found that Yunus Emre Institute has 925, British Council has 134, Institut Français has 463, Instituto Cervantes has 1115, Confucius Institute has 82, and Goethe Institute has 1152 videos on YouTube. It has been determined that YouTube channels belonging to institutions established to teach the world's most spoken languages were created adopting similar paradigms and after the year 2007.
Publisher
Participatory Educational Research (Per)
Subject
Developmental and Educational Psychology,Education
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