The Impact of Academic Podcasting on Students' Learning Outcomes

Facer, Betty Rose; Abdous, M’hammed; Camarena, Margaret M.

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“…Podcasting changes the study propensities the same number of understudies no longer attempt to take part in conventional classes, yet they like to connect with the course substance for all intents and purposes (Facer, Abdous, & Camarena, 2009;McCombs & Liu, 2007). By executing podcasting to classroom educational programs, a noteworthy feeling of adaptability is improved as understudies will not miss any point in the event that they dropped any session.…”

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The Effects of Using Podcast on Listening Comprehension among Iranian Pre-intermediate EFL Learners

NamazianDost

Bohloulzadeh

Rahmatollahi

2017

Int. J. Appl. Linguist. Engl. Lit.

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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.

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The Effects of Using Podcast on Listening Comprehension among Iranian Pre-intermediate EFL Learners

NamazianDost

Bohloulzadeh

Rahmatollahi

2017

Int. J. Appl. Linguist. Engl. Lit.

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“…In a number of research studies, podcasts were found to make a positive effect on students' attitudes (e.g., Abdous et al, 2009;Alshaikhi & Madini, 2016;Lu, 2007), and they were thought to improve listening comprehension (Alm, 2013;Ashraf, Noroozi, andSalami, 2011 as cited in Al Fadda &Al Qasim, 2013;Giordano, 2016;Li, 2010). In some other studies, podcasts were found to improve students' study practices (Facer et al, 2008). As they can be used anytime/anywhere and students have control over what to listen to, podcasts could be valuable materials for extensive listening and useful tools for personal and professional development.…”

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“…As they can be used anytime/anywhere and students have control over what to listen to, podcasts could be valuable materials for extensive listening and useful tools for personal and professional development. A particular benefit of podcasts is that they expose language learners to authentic language through the materials of their own choice (Al Fadda & Al Qasim, 2013;Alm, 2013;Bittenbender & Von Koss, 2008;Facer et al, 2008;Farangi et al, 2015;Hasan & Hoon, 2013;Jain & Hashmi, 2013). This is particularly important in input-poor contexts, in which students have limited opportunity to listen to language in authentic contexts.…”

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“…As a receptive skill, listening is a fundamental source of input in language acquisition. However, it usually proves challenging to help students improve their listening skills in a limited class time that is often reserved for reading, speaking, grammar and vocabulary (Facer, Abdous, & Camarena, 2008). Podcasts that seem to serve this function have been immensely popular for the last decade (Ahn, Inboriboon, & Bond, 2016), probably because they could be downloaded to any digital device and could be used without limitations of time and space (Farangi, Nejadghanbar, Askary, & Ghorbani, 2015;Naseri & Motallebzadeh, 2016;Nesi, 2016;O'Bannon, Lubke, Beard, & Britt, 2011).…”

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Podkastlar Dinleme ve Sesletim Dersinde Anlamlı Girdi Sağlayabilir mi?

Bakla¹

2018

Kuramsal Eğitimbilim

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The goal of this case study was to explore intermediate EFL learners' experiences of using short podcasts to improve their listening, speaking and pronunciation. The participants (N=8) listened to podcasts about diverse topics of their interest throughout an academic year. Each week they were instructed to present what they listened to in a round-table discussion or in presentations. The instructor took part in the discussions as well, providing feedback at the end of each session. For this study, a focus group interview was carried out with the participants. The focus group interview was transcribed and coded in NVivo v10, using a three-phase approach to coding. The analysis of the focus group interview revealed that the students were basically fond of listening to podcasts, but not talking about them; they also thought listening to podcasts provided them with meaningful input and somehow helped improve their listening and speaking skills. In this study, the researcher explored what it means for them to be a part of a lesson that is basically different from mainstream classes and discussed the implications of getting students to move out of their comfort zones by changing study habits.

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“…Las aplicaciones del podcasting (weblogs audio, archivos sonoros y grabadoras web) en la enseñanza de lenguas han sido abordadas por diferentes autores y revisiones bibliográficas (Lomicka y Lord, 2011;Burston, 2013;Hasan y Hoon, 2013). Muchos trabajos han puesto de relieve la importancia del podcasting para la adquisición de competencias lingüísticas como la gramática (Istanto, 2011), el vocabulario (Borgia, 2010;Putman y Kingsley, 2012), así como para el incremento de la comprensión oral (Lee y Chan, 2007;Schmidt, 2008;Facer et al, 2009;Knight, 2010;Shiri, 2015). Algunos estudios se han centrado en el desarrollo de la producción oral o en la enseñanza de la pronunciación (McQuillan, 2006;Travis y Joseph, 2009;Lord, 2008;Ducate y Lomicka, 2009;Tomé, 2009Tomé, , 2011Fitria et al, 2015).…”

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Sistema de faltas de pronunciación y corrección fonética en un corpus oral FLE

Díez

2018

Rev. lingüíst. leng. apl.

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<p>In this article we will discuss the description, organization and operation of the first oral corpus available online on the audiovisual productions of Spanish students of French as a foreign language. This set of sound sequences has allowed us to identify and compile the system of pronunciation errors of the Spanish speakers that was not available until today. The didactic consequences of this system of errors can be decisive for the practice of phonetic correction. For an efficient acquisition of pronunciation it is necessary to attend to the main difficulties and errors of the students and at the same time proceed to a simplification of the normative vowel system of French which had already been suggested by some authors. Numerous examples are proposed, accompanied by the sound files that allow us to understand the context and the process of phonetic correction that characterize the oral productions of the students. Several important improvement factors are noted (vocal warm-up, reinforcement and articulatory effort, autocorrection, collaborative corrections). The pedagogical potential of this corpus is open to the scientific and academic community for its future applications to the teaching and learning of the pronunciation of French.</p>

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The Impact of Academic Podcasting on Students' Learning Outcomes

Cited by 11 publications

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The Effects of Using Podcast on Listening Comprehension among Iranian Pre-intermediate EFL Learners

The Effects of Using Podcast on Listening Comprehension among Iranian Pre-intermediate EFL Learners

Podkastlar Dinleme ve Sesletim Dersinde Anlamlı Girdi Sağlayabilir mi?

Sistema de faltas de pronunciación y corrección fonética en un corpus oral FLE

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