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ERIC EJ1081725: Exploring Podcasting in English as a Foreign Langua... |
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The purpose of the present study was to determine whether |
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giving English as a foreign language learners podcast |
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lectures in addition to the traditional lectures help |
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them to enhance their English language writing, and to |
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explore and discover useful information regarding the |
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adoption of podcasting as a learning or training tool in |
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order to better understand and improve learning and |
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teaching methods. This study was conducted with fifty |
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five level two male students at the scientific section of |
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the Preparatory Year in King Saud University. They were |
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assigned into the experimental and control group |
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randomly. The experimental group listened to podcast |
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lectures as well as the in-class traditional lessons. |
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Meanwhile, the control one was given traditional |
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classroom lessons only. To assess the performances in the |
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pre- and post-tests, analytic scoring rubric was used. To |
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answer the research's questions, a within group two |
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paired samples t-test was computed. In addition, a survey |
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questionnaire was administered to the podcasting group to |
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explore their attitudes towards using podcast instruction |
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to improve writing ability. The results showed that the |
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students in the experimental group scored significantly |
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higher than the control group. There was a significant |
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decrease in spelling, punctuation and capitalization |
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errors. Questionnaire's results reported that EFL |
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learners in the experimental group mostly conveyed |
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positive attitudes. The current study recommended that |
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EFL learners need to be familiarized and trained with the |
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use of podcasting technology in language learning in |
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order to get better gains. EFL teachers are suggested to |
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integrate podcasting lectures into their EFL writing |
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teaching. |
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Date Published: 2018-10-03 08:20:35 |
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Identifier: ERIC_EJ1081725 |
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Item Size: 12088530 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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