The Effect of Podcasting on Iranian EFL Learners' Motivation and Attitude (original) (raw)
2017, Theory and Practice in Language Studies
The objective of this study was to identify the effect of podcasting on Iranian learner’s motivation and attitude. The participants consisted of 60 male students including 30 participants for the experimental group and 30 for the control group. All of them were studying in the second junior high school in Shahed school in Semnan, Iran. Their age ranged from 13 to14. The researchers randomly selected Shahed school from a list of all junior high schools inSemnan province. In addition, data were collected by using a questionnaire and an interview. In the present study, the researchers used Nelson’s proficiency test for homogenizing the learners.Moreover, theresearchers collected the data through one questionnaire and an interview as data gathering instruments and podcasts and ‘Prospect 2’ book as instructional materials. A 46-item motivation questionnaire focused on evaluating English learners’ beliefs and attitudes in Iran. A 7-item researcher-made interview was conducted with 10 part...
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