Exploring Podcasting in English as a Foreign Language Learners' Writing Performance

Introduction 🏁

The evolution of mobile technologies

Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)

Purpose: to investigate the impact of the use of computers in teaching and learning both L1 and L2

Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL)

Any type of language learning taking place anywhere and anytime supported by mobile devices (Moura & Carvalho, 2012).

Potential gains brought to language learning

The expansion of mobile communication networks

Ease of handling

The multiplicity of resources

The affordable price

The continous evolution of mobile technology

Podcasting- an evolving technology

Supports digital recordings to be easily posted to the Internet for downloading to a personal audio player

  • Enhances language-teaching process;
  • Aids student learning effectively.

Podcast lectures

Enable learners to review course materials at their convenience

Study with Arabian learners 👥

Intends to integrate podcasting into an EFL writing class to explore the impact of using podcast instruction on learners' writing ability

Focuses on the effects of podcast instruction in EFL learning

Provides useful information for instructors planning to use podcasts as a teaching tool

Statement of the problem

How to best improve EFL learning and teaching

Effective and efficient learning strategies need to be developed, implemented, and continously improved

Research questions

Is podcast instruction effective in improving the writing skills of EFL Saud learners?

What are the attitudes of the students toward the use of podcast instruction to improve writing ability?

Is there a statistically significant difference in writing achievement between the pretest and the post-test results of EFL students exposed to traditional writing instruction?

Is there a statistically significant difference in writing achievement between the pretest and the post-test results of EFL students exposed to traditional writing instruction and podcast writing instruction?

Is there a statistically significant difference in writing achievement between the pretest and the post-test results of EFL students exposed to traditional writing instruction and podcast writing instruction and those exposed to traditional writing instruction only?

Methodology

Participants 👥

55 second level male students

Scientific section of the Preparatory Year in King Saud University

Materials

Grammar Girl "quick and dirty tips for better writing"

Helps learners easily understand xomplex grammar rules with exciting tricks so that learners can practice and remember those confusing expressions

ESL Podcast

Provides diversities of everyday life issues

Instrument

Pre-test and Post-test

Questionnaire

Validity and Reliability

Discussion 👥

Higher score

Lower Score

Experimental group

Control group

Recieved podcast writing and traditional lectures

Learnt only traditonal in-class writing instruction

Obvious decline in the number of errors such as spelling, punctuation, and capitalization

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