Using Podcast to Improve Students’ Listening Skill

Abstract

This study aims to see the impact of using podcasts in improving listening skills.The presence of the trend of using ICT in the growth of language teaching has created a variety of media that can be used to improve students' listening skills. Podcast is one of the interactive media that is applied to support the learning process in the classroom in improving listening skills. Several previous studies have shown teaching design using Podcasts. The results of the analysis showed that, there was an increase in students' listening skills to be full of enthusiasm and attract attention. The improvement of students' listening skills is seen in each cycle. The percentage of success in the first cycle is 42%, the second cycle is 78% and the third cycle is 100%. That is, students overall achieved improvement in listening skills. The use of podcasts shows changes in students' attitudes that make listening learning fun. Podcasts are one of the learning media that have a strategic space for students' learning processes, especially listening.