The Effect of Vodcasting on Listening Comprehension

Improvement of the internet and its tremendous growth has caused significant progress in transformation of information. Nowadays in any place of the world and in any time of the day by accessing through internet every student can use different kinds of information in World Wide Web which let him to make the best decision what, how and when to study. One of these educational technologies which are beneficial to learners is vodcast or video recording which are accessible through the internet.This paper is going to examine the listening comprehension in EFL learners and whether it may be improved by using vodcasts. So106 language learners of four different classes of Iranian higher intermediate in an English institute were chosen for this study. These learners were pre-tested by IELTS Listening Comprehension. Two classes were chosen as subject group which consisted of 54 learners. The remaining two classes were chosen as control group which consisted of 52 learners. Both groups were taught Listening Impact book, but students in subject group were provided some vodcasts based on the topic of their lessons. After 12 weeks of teaching both groups were post-tested.listening comprehension will be compared using independent t-test and paired t-test.

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Listen to Vodcast
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: vodcasting; Other: no intervension

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 106
• Phase: Phase 2; Phase 3

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 21 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: Male

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• EFL learner
• upper intermediate level

Exclusion Criteria:

• Other levels

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: vodcasting; students who listen to downloaded vodcasting	Other: vodcasting; listening to downloaded vodcasting files
No Intervention: control; listen to the student book listening file	Other: no intervension; Listen to student book listening files

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
improving listening comprehension	The outcome mesures will be completed up to 12 weeks using IELTS listening comprehension tests	up to 12 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: January 1, 2010
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 1, 2010
• Study Completion (Actual): January 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 11, 2012
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 14, 2012
• First Posted (Estimate): July 17, 2012

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): July 18, 2012
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 17, 2012
• Last Verified: January 1, 2010

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: vodcasting,listening,language education
• Other Study ID Numbers: Listening comprehension