THE IMPACT OF PODCASTS ON EFL STUDENTS’ LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Tryanti Abdulrahman(1*), Nonny Basalama(2), Mohammad Rizky Widodo(3),

(1) Universitas Islam As-Syafi'iyah
(2) Universitas Negeri Gorontalo
(3) Universitas Islam As-Syafi'iyah
(*) Corresponding Author




DOI: https://doi.org/10.26858/ijole.v2i2.5878

Abstract


This research has objective to investigate students’ listening comprehension through the use of podcast in EFL classroom. 60 high school students in Indonesia were taken as sample for this research with distribution of 30 students in experiment class and 30 students in control class. The samples were taken by using cluster random sampling. Quasi-experimental method with the post-test only control group design was applied in this research. In addition, a survey questionnaire was administered to experimental group to explore their perception on the use of podcast instruction in teaching listening. Findings revealed that there is a significant difference of post-test score between two groups, favoring experimental group. Data analysis using one way ANOVA showed significance value (sig. 0.010) is lower than < 0.05 which interpreted that Podcast has significant impact on students’ listening comprehension. Additionally, the result of questionnaire indicated that students have positive attitude toward the use of podcast in listening classroom. Students perceived that podcasts provided authentic materials, interesting activities including listening exercises and meaningful tasks for them so they felt more motivated to learn English. This study recommended that teacher may utilize podcast in teaching listening considering its effectiveness as technology based learning tool.

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Podcast, English, EFL, Listening Comprehension

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Acknowledgement

The research is financed by Universitas Islam As-Syafi’iyah and Universitas Negeri Gorontalo. Thank you very much for Dr. Iffah Budiningsih, Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian Masyarakat, Universitas Islam As-Syafi’iyah, Indonesia.

Glossary

EFL: English Foreign Language

UIA: Universitas Islam As-Syafi’iyah

Appendix

Appendix 1. Sample of Podcasts treated in Experimental group

Appendix 3. Statistical Result of one way anova

Appendix 2 Survey Question for students’ perception on the use of Podcasts


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