Abstract

Different English levels of incoming students to the university call for the diversity of general English education. The current study draws attention to the students' heavy use of computers and smart phones and utilizes the device for diversifying English learning activities. It also notes students' interest in American television programs since they often watch dramas and movies using smart phones. English television programs and technology is combined to meet the challenges of the general English education in universities. The paper explores the blended learning model using television programs to enhance students' listening comprehension. It takes up an experimental approach using pre and post TOEIC listening comprehension test comparison between experimental and compared groups. The result indicates that both groups show significant growth in listening comprehension in post test compared to the pre test, and there's a significant difference between blended group and traditional off-line only group. This means that using English television programs is effective in the improvement of listening comprehension, and that subsequently blended learning model is more effective than the traditional off-line model.

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