TITLE:
Live Streaming: A New Platform for ESL Learning
AUTHORS:
Nurain Adila Abdul Samat, Harwati Hashim, Melor Md. Yunus
KEYWORDS:
Live Streaming, ESL Learning, Gen Z, Globalization, Authentic Learning
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.10 No.12,
November
29,
2019
ABSTRACT: Research on the application of live streaming in ESL learning is still
quite scarce among researchers especially in Malaysia. However, a number of
studies on live streaming in the field of marketing and branding as well as the
culture of live streaming are evolving rapidly. A lot of researches also have been done on games streaming. As live streaming has becoming more
significant in all field, a study on the impacts of live streaming in the
education field should become important, too. Therefore, this leads to the purpose of the
study which is to explore the possibility of live streaming as a new platform
for ESL learning. Since Gen Z requires teaching and learning process that suits
their learning preference. Hence, live streaming serves as a good platform for
them to indulge in the ESL learning process. A lot of reading has been done to
give emphasis on the significance of the study. Live streaming will be helpful
in ESL learning to keep pace with globalization, produce independent learners,
provide authentic learning experiences as well as give rooms for real life communication and interactivity. The
discussion of this study would hopefully shed lights to researcher to
investigate further in this area.