SENSEI INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND LINGUISTICS (SIJEL)
Vol. 5 No. 3 (2025): Sensei International Journal of Education and Linguistics

THE USE OF PODCASTS TO IMPROVE LISTENING SKILLS IN EFL CLASSROOMS

Rafidhah Hanum (Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh, Indonesia)
Fakhrul Rijal (Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh, Indonesia)
Muhammad Zulhairi Bin Zubairi (Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Aug 2025

Abstract

Listening is a difficult skill for EFL students because they rarely hear English outside the classroom. Nowadays there are many podcasts that can be listened to for free through the smartphone. This article discusses the use of podcasts to improve listening skills in EFL classrooms. The method used is literature review from various journals. The result shows that podcasts can improve the listening skills of the students because they can listen many times and also anywhere. However, the teacher must choose the podcast that is suitable with the level of the students. So, podcasts are good to be used in the listening class.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jbo

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Mathematics Public Health Social Sciences Other

Description

SENSEI INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND LINGUISTICS (SIJEL), is a peer reviewed journal published in February, May, August, November welcome research paper in language, linguistics, oral tradition, literature, arts, education, and other related fields which are published in both online and ...