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Technology has been an important part of our daily lives. From older generation to the younger generation, technology is used immensely. One of the great technology that has been invented is the internet that has provided us with various experiences. Through internet, social networking has been developed. One of the social networking websites is the YouTube. YouTube is a social network website which function as a video sharing platform. Users can share their unique videos to their viewers or subscribers. It has brought great changes to the education. It provided teachers with various golden chances to upgrade the quality of the teaching and learning process in the classroom. The usage of YouTube videos is important to accommodate to the 21 st century classroom. The usage of YouTube has become a trend among the teachers, including the teachers in the rural area. There are various studies that has been conducted by researchers specifically focussing on the students' perceptions of using YouTube to learn the English language. It is suggested that learners in today's generation have different styles due to their awareness of the existence of the technology. The way students acquire knowledge and acquire new knowledge from watching the YouTube videos in learning English in the classroom. Other studies that were conducted also explored students' perceptions of YouTube as an effective instrument to acquire English among ESL learners.