Online Video in Foreign Language Acquisition at Ekiti State University: Towards Enhancing Students’ Digital Resilience

Abstract

In the last ten years, the integration of digital media in higher education has revolutionized teaching and learning of foreign languages. Online videos have been discovered as rich pedagogical assets that enhance learners' participation, comprehension and intercultural communication. However, their pedagogical applications in Nigerian Universities remain uneven and uncharted. This study therefore seeks to examine online video in foreign language acquisition at Ekiti state University. The study adopts descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprises all the foreign language students in Ekiti State University. 100 students were sampled from them by using the stratified random sampling in order to ensure adequate representation. A self-constructed questionnaire was used as data-collection instrument. Language teaching experts and instructional technology experts vetted the instrument to ensure content validity, and reliability was determined by piloting the instrument with a Cronbach Alpha coefficient of 0.86. The researcher administered the questionnaire online via Google Form. Data collected were analyzed quantitatively on the basis of frequency counts, percentages, means, and standard deviations to give answers to the research questions. Results showed that online video resources were available but their integration into classroom teaching was not uniform. Students reported positive attitudes towards learning through online videos, with observations of increased understanding, cultural awareness and interest. However, effective utilization was hindered by unreliable internet connections, insufficiency of technology centers and inadequate lecturer’s training. The paper concludes that the University should intensify digital infrastructural awareness, plan capacity-building programs for lecturers and integrate online videos systematically in the curriculum to enhance students' digital learning experience and resistance.