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Title
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Autonomous use of podcasts with metacognitive intervention: Foreign language listening development
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Type
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JournalPaper
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Keywords
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Autonomous use of podcasts; metacognitive intervention; Foreign language listening development
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Abstract
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Podcasts have become a pervasive and easy-to-access input for language learning that may improve both form and meaning aspects of language. This study attempted to investigate some unknown impacts of the autonomous use of podcasts through a metacognitive intervention on 12 adult language learners’ listening comprehension with an exploratory approach and using a questionnaire, learners’ journals, and semi-structured interviews. The results suggest that autonomous language learners may benefit from multiple advantages of utilizing extensive listening input such as podcasts. Moreover, the learners have a positive attitude toward learning listening with metacognitive strategies and asserted that they aided them to be independent listeners. This study underscores the effectiveness of applying technology-based listening learning in an EFL context where many learners are devoid of sufficient authentic and comprehensible input.
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Researchers
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Esmat Shamsi (Second Researcher), Hossein Bozorgian (First Researcher)
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