The Effects of Podcasting on Listening and Speaking Skills: A Review Paper

Several types of research have been carried out about computer technology to conciliate and ease language learning and teaching skills. Podcasting is one of the new, useful and interesting tools that can be used inside and outside of class by learners and teachers to advance and discharge educational elements and contents and to help and encourage learners to learn foreign languages better. Various researches on podcasting recommended that podcasting increasingly enhance learners’ different skills especially listening and speaking skills. This study reviewed different journal articles to show the effects of podcasting on EFL learners’ listening and speaking skills. The findings of the earlier studies supported the fact that there is a significant and positive correlation between podcasting and listening and speaking improvement. The results showed that podcasting has a positive effect on both listening and speaking skills. Moreover, it detected that podcasts extremely develop and improve EFL teachers and learners’ listening and speaking skills.

Keywords:

Computer technology , Computer-Assisted Technology , EFL learners , Listening , Speaking , Podcasting