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In a globalized world, English is a core subject that students need to master to succeed in work and life. In particular, listening skills play an extremely important role for EFL students in the language teaching and learning process, so practicing this skill inside and outside the classroom is essential. VoiceTube is a relatively tool, not yet widely used, and findings on learners' reactions to its use outside of the classroom are quite limited.
This study aimed to investigate how 30 first-year English majors used VoiceTube in listening practice outside of class and their attitudes toward VoiceTube's effectiveness in enhancing self-study ability. During the 5-week course, students must watch 2 videos per week and write in a diary about the main content as well as what they learned from that video. The video's topic is chosen to be appropriate to the subject content. The data study are survey questionnaires and interviews. The questionnaire received 30 responses and the interview were conducted with 5 out of 30 students. After collecting data through survey questionnaires and interviews, the researcher used descriptive statistics and semi-structured interviews to analyze the data. The research results show that students in general were aware of the benefits of Voictube in improving listening skills and the impacts of this tool on EFL students' learner autonomy. This study suggests some implication for the view of this tool in language learning and teaching it can be applied to other similar tools.
