Developing English Listening Skills for Comprehension Through Repetition Technique Using Podcast

Abstract

This research is a pre-experimental study conducted with the following objectives: 1) to investigate the efficiency of using podcast in developing English listening skills for; 2) to compare the achievement of English listening comprehension before and after the repetition technique using podcast; 3) to examine the satisfaction with the intervention of using the repetition technique with podcast to enhance English listening skills for comprehension. The sample group consisted of 41 second-year students. The selection of the sample group was done through purposive sampling, whereby the sample group had to meet the language proficiency standards of level A2 or B1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). The experimental period spanned 11 weeks, with a total of 22 hours. The research instruments were podcast clips, practice exercises, pre and post-tests, and satisfaction questionnaire. The research findings revealed that the efficiency of using podcast in developing English listening skills for comprehension exceeded the predefined criterion of 80/80, with a score of 88.51/86.59. Moreover, when comparing the scores for the post-test English listening skills for comprehension of students using the intervention of using the repetition technique with podcast to enhance English listening skills for comprehension, it was found to be significantly higher than the average pre-test scores at a statistical significance level of .05. Overall, the students expressed a high level of satisfaction with the intervention of using the repetition technique with podcast to enhance English listening skills for comprehension. The average satisfaction score was 4.50.