The Use of Podcast as Media for Listening: An Experimental Research at the University of Jambi

Habizar Habizar; Mochamad Satriya Wijaya

doi:10.30998/scope.v8i2.19577

The Use of Podcast as Media for Listening: An Experimental Research at the University of Jambi

Habizar Habizar^(1*), Mochamad Satriya Wijaya⁽²⁾

(1) Universitas Jambi
(2) Universitas Jambi
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract

This research aimed to determine whether there were significant differences in students' listening comprehension before and after being taught to use podcast media and their experiences using podcasts as a learning tool for listening. The researcher used a pre-experimental one-group pre-test and post-test design. The participants in this study were second-semester English Study Program students at Jambi University for the academic year 2023–2024. One class consist 25 students were used as the research sample in this study. The pre-test and post-test results revealed a significant difference in students' listening comprehension scores before and after being taught using media podcasts. Before using podcasts to teach them, students took a listening pre-test and got an overall mean score of 47.84. Following treatment, students' overall mean scores on the post-test in the listening test increased by 71.20. After done with the post-test, the students were given a questionnaire to know their experience after using podcasts as media for learning to listen. Based on the finding, it concluded students' listening comprehension could be enhanced by using podcast media.

Keywords

Experimental research; Students’ Listening Skill; Learning Media; Podcast.

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