Improving speaking skill is very important in order to help students to
communicate easily with other without misunderstanding and misapprehension. In this
era of COVID-19, students used Video Blog or known as vlog to improve their
speaking skill. This research aimed to answer students’ on the advantages of watching
vlogs in learning speaking skill and students’ techniques when watching vlogs.
This research was qualitative with descriptive approach designed by Miles and
Huberman. The participants of this study were 5 students who use Vlog to improve
their speaking skill. Data collection were obtained from interview and documents and
analyzed by doing data reduction, data display, and drawing and verifying conclusion.
The results of this study were students’ perception on the advantages of
watching vlogs in learning speaking skill has positive perception. Moreover, the
techniques used by students to improve speaking skill were active viewing, freeze
framing, silent viewing, sound on and visual off activity, repetition and role-play, and
dubbing activity.