Empowering Youth’s Talks: A Classroom Reflection on the Utilizing Online Resources

Classes have been built to handle so-called digital resources in order to meet the demands of the twenty-first century. Using real-world tools, apps, and resources that are available online is inevitable for learning since today's generation has grown up with new networking devices such as a smartphone, smart device, and internet access. According to Prensky [1], this is a “digital native generation”, which means that today's children were born into the e-environment and have access to worldwide information resources. Multimedia technology has transformed the face of second language pedagogy and added useful learning experience in the field of TESOL [2]. The use of multimedia resources has expanded learner engagement and optimized the teaching process [3]. The study's goals are intended to refer to the following areas: first, to analyze what kinds of online resources students use as tools to help with their presentation materials. Second, to explain how online resources can help students prepare and execute presentations for their Academic Speaking class. Following the conclusion of this report, the results are planned to be used as one of the supplemental materials for teaching and researching the Academic Speaking Course in the English Study Program.