The current use of podcasts, as a new channel to input knowledge, has effectively been promoting listening comprehension which consequently has increased the acquisition of target language among learners. The current study investigated the effects of Video-Podcasts integration on listening comprehension, and the effects of varied number of Video-Podcasts on listening comprehension as well as on students’ attitudes. The twelve-week (12) quantitative study employed a quasi-experimental pre-test post-test design. Samples included 120 English major male undergraduates from a University in Saudi Arabia. Three experimental groups were randomly assigned to 5 video-podcasts, 10 video-podcasts, and 15 Video-Podcasts groups to form the experimental group, and a fourth group was treated as the control group. In analysing the data of the current study, ANCOVA, ANOVA and descriptive techniques were employed. Findings showed that the three podcast groups significantly outperformed on the post-tes...

Integration of video-podcasts has effectively promoted listening comprehension but its suitable length is yet to be known. The main objective of the present study is to identify the difference between the varied number of video-podcasts used and students’ performance in listening comprehension. The study investigated the effects of video-podcasts integration on listening comprehension from the perspective of varied number of Video-Podcasts used in instructions. The twelve-week quantitative study employed a quasi-experimental pre-test post-test design. A total of 120 samples included in a control and three experimental groups. ANOVA analysis revealed an overall significant difference amongst the four groups. All the three experimental groups outperformed the control group. However, no significant difference was found between the control group and the 5 video-podcast group; and between 10 and 15 video-podcasts groups. The significant difference, however, was noted when the control gro...

The current use of podcasts, as a new channel to input knowledge, has effectively been promoting listening comprehension which consequently has increased the acquisition of target language. The objective of the present study is to investigate the effects of video-podcasts integration on listening comprehension. The twelve-week quantitative study employed a quasi-experimental pre-test post-test design. Samples included in both the control and experimental groups were 120 English major male undergraduates from a University in Saudi Arabia. The Findings of ANCOVA analysis showed that the video-podcast group significantly outperformed the control group on the post-test. The findings imply that video-podcasts are useful resource for enhancing EFL learners’ listening comprehension.

The current study intended to investigate the attitudes of Iranian intermediate EFL learners toward using British Council video clips and podcasts for listening comprehension. The participants were selected from among 132 intermediate learners based on their performance on an English proficiency test. 90 female EFL learners were selected and divided into three groups of 30 participants (i.e., one control group and two experimental groups). One of the experimental groups practiced British Council video clips while the other experimental group was instructed through British Council podcasts. The control group went through the same lesson plan without any video clips and podcasts. Once the treatment was over, the attitude questionnaire was administered to all groups. Based on the results of ANOVA and Scheffe test, it could be concluded that there was a significant difference between the mean scores of the three groups on the attitude questionnaire. More specifically, the video clips had the most statistically significant effect on the positive attitude of intermediate learners in comparison with the other groups.

This research was to find out the students' perception of the use of podcasts in teaching listening. The research was due to problems found in the field; some of the students were not interested in listening, students have difficulty catching the speakers' ideas, the perception of students toward podcast is different. The design of this research was descriptive research with a quantitative approach as the method of the research. The sample was collected from 26 students at SMK Pembangunan Bukittinggi which used total sampling as the sampling technique of the research. The result revealed the mean score of students' perception of the use of podcasts in teaching listening was 63.06%. It showed that the students had a positive perception regarding the use of podcasts in teaching listening.

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