Abstract

The aim of this study is to explore the effect that teaching pre-listening and while-listening strategies and using a bilingual YouTube channel as a source of oral input has on the development of the listening for specific information subskill of an adult English as a Foreign Language (EFL) class. Participants were 16 university students from an A1+ class in Concepción, Chile. They were given explicit teaching of a set of pre and while-listening for specific information strategies, which were used when working with a bilingual YouTube channel. The effect of the tools chosen for the development of the listening for specific information subskill was assessed by a focus group session. Results show that the participants’ subskill improved after four sessions. Additionally, the participants expressed that the combination of both, the YouTube videos and the strategies learned were beneficial to their subskill development.