Investigating the Effect of Podcasting on Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension Skill

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Hamid Sheylani Bakhsh
Abbas Pourhosein Gilakjani

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This study investigated the possible effect of podcasting on Iranian intermediate EFL learners’ listening comprehension skill. A total number of seventy EFL learners were selected based on their performance on Oxford Placement Test (OPT). Then, they were divided into two groups (one experimental and one control group). Pre-test of listening was administered to both groups at the beginning of the study to examine their listening before introducing the treatment. Then, the experimental group received fifteen sessions of treatment which was teaching listening skill through podcasting while the control group received the traditional way of teaching. Afterward, both groups attended the post-test of listening at the end of the study. The data were analyzed through running the Independent and Paired Samples T-test methods. Based on the statistical analyses, it was concluded that podcasting had a statistically significant effect on Iranian intermediate EFL learners’ listening ability. The findings also revealed that there was a statistically significant difference in the post-test scores between control and experimental groups. That is, the experimental group outperformed the control group in post-test of listening comprehension and the progress within the group for the experimental group was higher than that of the control group.

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Bakhsh, H. S., & Gilakjani, A. P. . (2021). Investigating the Effect of Podcasting on Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension Skill. LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 14(2), 247–281. Retrieved from https://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/LEARN/article/view/253269
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Hamid Sheylani Bakhsh, Department of English Language Translation, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran

Hamid Sheylani Bakhsh received an M.A. in English Language Teaching, Department of English Language Translation, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran.

Abbas Pourhosein Gilakjani, Department of English Language Translation, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran

An Assistant Professor, Department of English Language Translation, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran.

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