4.1.1 About A.J Hoge
A.J Hoge is the creator of the Effortless English Teaching English Club-one of the most popular English learning Online Newsletter. A.J Hoge is the creator the best strategies to learning English faster it’s called “Seven Rules”. He is also as creator of sold-out “English Speaking Breakthrough Seminars” and multiple education companies, he is a leading expert on topics related to English speaking success and teaching mastery. He created the effortless English Teaching System after many years of teaching English in Universities. He obtained a Master Degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. His former students include business owners, scientist, business professionals, teachers and professors, graduate students, foreign military personnel, and many other successful adult English learners. He share his strategy by using some media like youtube and facebook.
4.1.1.1 media YouTube channel
The Effortless English YouTube Channel of A.J Hoge. AJ is known as the #1 English teacher in the world. He is famous for creating powerful English speakers and international leaders, without using boring grammar textbooks. A.J teaches you speak English powerfully. Learn how to eliminate nervousness when speaking. Learn
how to increase your speaking confidence. Learn how to improve your vocabulary, spoken grammar, and pronunciation faster.
The Effortless English Show is free for English learner. A.J recommends that you watch/listen to each show many times. Each time you listen, you will understand a little more and you will learn the words, phrases, and pronunciation more deeply.
This called “ deep learning” and its an important part of the effortless English system.
To learn the entire Effortless English System, get A.J Hoge bestselling book Effortless English learning: Learn to speak like a native.
This is a preview of A.J Hoge's youtube channel:
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This is a preview of AJ Hoge's YouTube channel, AJ has 1.24 and is growing every day, from several video picture 1.1 it shows that the channel includes many interesting videos that make many people interested in subscribe it because the contents of the channel cover a lot of material about learning strategies in English quickly Not only that the content on AJ's YouTube channel also provides motivation for those who watch it.
4.1.2 Preview of AJ Hoge YouTube channel
A.J Hoge is an educational YouTuber channel that is recommended in learning English, both basic, intermedit and advanced. This channel shows many methods and techniques of language learning, especially in the speaking aspect.
Various views have been made by subscribers in various countries who have used and applied the methods and techniques used by aj.hoge in their channel.
Here are some views of subscribers about the A.J Hoge channel:
First Perspective from informant French wishell she said :
“…I think that A.J Hoge channel will help me to improve my English because as I feel concert and I understand and I will watch another videos and may be another’s videos because he use simple word, and he talking not too fast not too slow, he was choosing a simple sentences and give his massages and don’t talk about grammar or past tense , perfect tense ,future tense. So I really interesting about that I didn’t knew that the channel like this excite on YouTube . and I interest to subscribe his channel and I want to know more about this because it’s the way I learn English and I did it without learn with someone and I did with myself I realize that I don’t need to learn words by words, grammar etc. so I really interesting and I really want know more about this channel” .45
And it is also strengthened by perspective of the second informant from Egypt, her name is Shirin she said:
“…his channel, his rules, and his material his topic text books, his material it’s very good to me when I lost my English I go back to his YouTube channel”.46
And perspective of one of his subscribers who comes from India Raj Yadav he said:
“He is videos it’s really effective and I listen all of his videos and I can understand what A.J Hoge said”.47
45whishell,(18), students, franche, interview via whatshapp, friday 4, desember,2020.
46Shirin ,(29), teacher ,Egypt, interview via massagers facebook , minggu , 13 , desember , 2020.
“He is interesting man and he is best in English and very good teacher…”48 Also subscribers who come from Myanmar he said:
“…he is awesome”49
From perspective informant A.J subscribers from France the channel helps her to improve her English because she felt concerned and she understood A.J videos and watch more video also she said when A.J explain material in his videos he spoke not fast and not too slowly. He chooses a simple sentence and the second subscribers from Egypt, according to her A.J role and material is very good to her and she lose her English and she will go to the YouTube channel. Its mean that A.J channel is useful to someone who wants to learn English.
4.1.1.2 Language
Based on the results of the interview, it was shown that the languag used by A.J Hoge in explaining through Youtube media was clear and easy to understand as stated by a subscriber from Indonesia:
“…Its very good explanation because I can understand the pronunciation well and also the material is really good ragging and also completely with example of the rules, so it’s really good material”.50
This is also strengthened by subscribers who come from French:
“…this one I really like I said I really feel concert about that I really feel because he wasn’t using complicated words just a simple words and the massages was really effective and I think that A.J Hoge channel will help me to improve my English because as I feel concert and I understand and I will watch another videos
47Raj yadav, students , India , interview via whatsapp, Tuesday, 1 , desember , 2020.
48Raj yadav, students , India , interview via whatsapp, Tuesday, 1 , desember , 2020.
49Joe,(23) teacher , Myanmar , interview via massagers facebook , Monday , 30 november, 2020.
50Amir (22),wirasusta ,Indonesia , Parepare, Monday , 09,September,2020.
and may be another’s videos because he use simple word, and he talking not too fast not too slow…”51
And the perspective of subscribers who come from Myanmar said:
“I am totally like his accent the way his explain and how he menaces his audio and videos he is very confidents”.52
Then it was strengthened by his subscriber from Germany she said:
“…really easy to understand and he not speak complicate ting, and his videos, his speak easily, I think he is the good teacher”.53
Some perspective that A.J uses to explain his material on his videos, one of the from Indonesian he said he really understand because A.J explains really good with good pronunciation and material is good ragging as well. The second perspective from Myanmar, he said he really totally like his accent the way he is explain and really confident. One more from Germany, she said A.J is a good teacher.
4.1.1.3 Problem
Based on the results of the interview, it was shown that there were severalproblems faced by A.J Hoge's subscriber when they are learned at the first time to speak English as stated by a subscriber from Austria:
“Yes, at school I was very bad in English because actually I was lazy. My teacher not really master in English so I think it’s the problem”.54
And also the perspective of one of his subscriber who came from Egypt she said: “Yes, I am not confidents to speak English in front of people”.55
Likewise, the problems faced by subscribers who come from Iraq he said:
51whishell, (18, students, franche, interview via whatshapp,Friday t 4, desember,2020.
52Joe,(23 teacher , Myanmar , interview via massagers facebook , Monday , 30 november, 2020.
53Bianca (22), students , German , interview via whatsapp, Thursday, 3 , December , 2020.
54Florian(28) aschauer , Austria , interview via whatsapp, Friday , 4 , December, 2020.
55Shirin (29) teacher Egypt, , interview via massagers facebook , Sunday , 13 , desember , 2020.
“Yes of course, I understand but I can’t speak”56
One of the subscribers from A.J Hoge who came from Indonesia also had a problem when learning English for the first time, he said:
“Yeah, of course because the first time it’s difficult for me to communicate by English it also influents by mother tough because I spend of my life in sidrap means that fluently with buginess language”57
There is some perspective from A.J subscribers; they have a problem when they learn English for the first time. There are many the get problem especially they are not confident or shy and a lazy to learn. However, from A.J rule when they apply the seven rules, all of problem have been solved.
4.1.1.4 Impact
Based on the results of the interview, it shows that there are very many changes felt by subscribers after watching the video on channel A.J as stated by some of its subscribers:
“…before I learn from A.J Hoge especially his channel are more helpful and before I can’t speak English in front of people all sentences after I can speak in dialog and be a speaker forth an hours with confidents now I can speak English. 58
“first that actually I didn’t understand a lot English material because I think I didn’t pay attention about that I should listen again videos or trying to understand more but I didn’t get the point of it and actually I have any effect to myself when I use because it wasn’t like those videos you will say ok, lets watch the another videos because I don’t understand this one etc. and you don’t remember what you listening so, this one I really like I said I really feel concert about that I really feel because he
56Faiz jasim bozany (24) , Egypt, interview via massagers fecbook , Monday , 14 december , 2020.
57Amir (22)entrepreneur,Indonesia , Parepare, Monday , 09,September,2020.
58Shirin , teacher , (29), Egypt, interview via massagers facebook , Sunday , 13 , desember , 2020.
wasn’t using complicated words just a simple words and the massages was really effective and I think that A.J Hoge channel will help me to improve my English…”59
“yes definitely, before I learn from A.J Hoge I have issue in listening , because you know his accents is America accents and I have little bit difficult about British accents because its different accents so I have trouble in listening”.60
“The videos opportunely help because, A.J Hoge help me to thinking to improve my speaking, and fluently speaking, and quickly”.61
Beside on the result of interview is show that many chances before and after watch A.J YouTube channel. One of them from Iraq, he said before I learn from A.J YouTube channel my English not really good, after I watched that my English has been improved. The second subscriber from Egypt said before she watched A.J YouTube channel, she cannot speak in front of many people. Then after she watched that channel, she can speak for an hour with confident.
4.1.1.5 Benefits
Based on the results of the interview, it shows that speaking skill use seven rules by A.J Hoge really helps his subscribers to develop their English language and these rules can also help when learning other languages, and can also be applied when teaching as suggested by some of his subscribers:
“…A.J Hoge have seven rules which is every single rules be follow to help English improvement but according to me beside improving all the rules I choose probably the, I don’t know exactly what rules but its consist of asking question and answer , I really happy to improve the rules because sometimes it just forth us to speak and improve when we speak“62
59whishell,(18), students, franche, interview via whatshapp, Friday 4, desember,2020.
60Joe,(23) teacher , Myanmar , interview via massagers facebook , Monday , 30 november, 2020.
61Bianca (22), students , German , interview via whatsapp, Thursday , 3 , December , 2020.
62Amir (22),entrepreneur ,Indonesia , Parepare, Monday , 09,September,2020.
“all rules very effective , if you want learn English language you should follow his seven rules , its really effective , and I think listening is the powerful”63
“…It’s good for every language…”64
“…I already trying to apply them to learn new language”65
“…I apply, you know the way his structure his story, you know you can really improve your English. So you also know how the manage the story ,full grammar naturally, I like the method very much I like the mini story I like the Q&N . it’s really help to learn grammar naturally. Yah I apply this rules”.66
According to the A.J subscribers, the seven rules are improved English language and we can use it and apply it when we want to learn the other language like perspective from Myanmar, he said I applied. He is an English teacher and he applied that rules when he teaching and the most powerful according to him is the last rule is Question and Answer, because it will make students think faster in English.
4.1.1.6 Interest
From the various opinions of subscribers about the A.J Hoge channel, most of them think that the things that make them interested in A.J Hoge channel are:
“...A.J Hoge is know to teach English without efforts and I can listen to him and give experience in life how to management how to successes in life not only language. He is motivator and speaker also”67
“Because I like his method so much”.68
63Raj yadav, students , India , interview via whatsapp, Thursday, 1 , desember , 2020.
64Florian aschauer (28 , Austria , interview via whatsapp, Friday , 4 , December, 2020.
65Shirin , teacher , (29) , interview via massagers facebook , Sunday , 13 , desember , 2020.
66Joe,(23) teacher , Myanmar , interview via massagers facebook , monday , 30 november, 2020.
67Shirin , teacher , (29), interview via massagers facebook , Sunday , 13 , desember , 2020.
68Joe,(23) teacher , Myanmar , interview via massagers facebook , Monday , 30 november, 2020.
“Because first of all I want to fluently in English so that I subscribe his channel and this step he give his picture and Its really interesting and I can understand all of them and I like his content”. 69
“…its make me comfortable to learn and also easily to follow and beside that , for me as a English beginner I would prepared to choose A.J Hoge because easily and perfect material “.70
The reason A.J subscribers why they are interesting to subscribe A.J channel is there are many perspectives from subscribers said the seven rules by A.J is really helping the to improved their English and also A.J is not just English teacher but he gives motivation in life how to management and how to successful in life not only language, he is motivator and speaker too. Some of perspective said their comfortable to learn and easily to follow and beside it for some of subscribers as English beginner they prepare to choose A.J because easily and perfect material.
69Raj yadav (20), students , India , interview via whatsapp, Thursday , 1 , desember , 2020.
70Amir (22),entrepreneur ,Indonesia , Parepare, Monday , 09,September,2020.
4.1.1.7 Comments of subscriber
Beside on the researcher found on A.J Hoge YouTube channel there is so many people really interest and shere their opinions about A.J Hoge channel:
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Picture 4.2 shows that there are many subscribers who appreciate the content of AJ which explains one of the strategies for learning English easily and quickly.
Likewise, in Picture 4.3, which shows one of his subscribers who says "I believe your method" and the other says "I have learned a lot from you" that mean AJ really helps his subscribers through the video content that has been uploaded.
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It is also strengthened by the presence of picture 4.4 which shows comments from subscribers who said, "you are the best teacher". Not only that in Picture 4.5 shows that AJ is a very good teacher at explaining the material very well and can attract the attention of his followers by explaining the material very clearly.
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From some of the pictures above that show the subscribers’ comments, we can see that AJ is an English teacher who is very helpful to his subscribers to develop their English through the method from AJ Hoge YouTube channel.