Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to explore the effects of using podcast on listening comprehension among Iranian pre-intermediate EFL learners. To fulfill the objectives of the study a Homogeneity test (Oxford Quick Placement Test) was administered among 90 students at the pre-intermediate level of Poyesh language Institute and finally 60 participants were selected. Then, they were non-randomly divided into two subgroups, namely control and experimental groups. Before starting the treatment, a validated teacher-made listening comprehension test was administered to students as pre-test to assess the participants' listening comprehension at the beginning of the course. Then, the experimental group received the treatment, which was teaching listening comprehension through using podcasts while the control group was taught using traditional methods of teaching listening with no multimedia source. After 20 sessions of treatment, the two groups were administered the same teacher-made listening test as post-test. Data were analyzed by Paired and Independent Samples t-test. The findings showed that the experimental group significantly performed better than the control group. Generally, the experimental groups outperformed the control groups. The results suggest that podcasts can be used in English classes to develop listening ability among Iranian EFL learners.
Highlights
The verifiable part of English as a worldwide method for correspondence can be the reason that English is obliged as one of the subjects educated at school
Numerous research studies on podcasts confirm the efficacy of computer applications in second language learning and teaching contexts, and claim that the integration of podcast in learning can improve academic performance, enhance motivation, and promote learning
Podcasting innovation could be actualized as a compelling dialect instructing instrument that gives instructors the upside of amplifying their addresses past as far as possible and permits the learners to get to the dialect material whenever and in wherever (O’Bryan & Hegelheimer, 2007; Shahramiri, & Gorjian, 2013)
Summary
The verifiable part of English as a worldwide method for correspondence can be the reason that English is obliged as one of the subjects educated at school. In instructing and learning English listening aptitudes, podcasts are said to give English learners additional listening practice both inside and outside classrooms. They offer understudies sounds and recordings listening documents with credible and relevant materials, students’ listening understanding capacity can be expanded by time. They convey understudies chances to work on listening in a self-coordinated way, and at their own places that implies broad listening exercises outside classroom with fascinating points podcasts which can be downloaded naturally from for nothing out of pocket podcasts sites (Kavaliauskienė & Anusienė, 2009)
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