Journal of Al-Farahidis Arts

Karaaslan, )2003: 30-33) says teacher self-development is extremely significant if we want to be professional teachers. Gebhard (2009: 14) states that there are many ways to achieve that but the most valuable way is self - observation. Self-observation is completely realized by the teachers themselves. Teachers should observe their classes to explore any advance in their teaching performance, for better achievement and finding solutions for the problems they may face in their classes. This can be carried out by using a camcorder (camera recorder) in the classroom. It is used as a skilled development way of moldable instructor appraisal. “Video-based self-observation has shown positive results in pre-service teacher education as well as in the ongoing learning of experienced teachers” (Sherin & van Es, 2005).
This study is a literature study, it is aimed at discussing the importance of EFL teacher self-development through self-observation by using the camcorder (camera recorder), as an

The mass media play an important role in providing the public with information and news of various issues that directly affect their lives, and the public deals with these means as they represent an important source for them from the sources of obtaining information, especially after the tremendous development that has occurred in the field of modern technology, media and communication.
The researcher decided to study the dependence of the public in the city of Mosul and its tendency towards various news sources, which include (press, radio, TV channels, and the Internet).
As this research specialized in a field study that included the city of Mosul and took a random sample of (200) respondents, with the aim of identifying the news sources that the Mosul public uses in obtaining news, whether local or Iraqi, and determining which of these sources has priority in the public's interest And knowing the reasons and motives that led the public in Mosul to rely on a specific source and not others.
This research is considered descriptive research, and the researcher has relied on the survey method in line with the requirements of the research, its procedural nature and its being the most appropriate method for descriptive studies , Among the most important findings of his findings is that social media sites ranked first among other means for the public to rely on as a source of information, as it reached (54.4%), as for television channels, they ranked second, then in that radio stations, as they ranked third, and newspapers came in last place as it reached (0.8%).