The Journal of English Literacy Education
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2014): The Journal of English Literacy Education: The Teaching and Learning of English

USING PODCAST TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ LISTENING COMPREHENSION ON DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

Mifta Danu Prasetyo (Universitas Sriwijaya)
Machdalena Vianty (Universitas Sriwijaya)
Hariswan Putra Jaya (Universitas Sriwijaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
23 Oct 2026

Abstract

The objective of the study was to find out whether or not the use of Podcast significantly improved students’ listening comprehension on descriptive text. The population of the study was the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 10 Palembang in the academic year 2013/2014. The sample was 40 students that were taken by using a population single technique. This study applied pre-experimental research method, which was, one group pre-test post-test design. The data were collected by means of a listening test. The result of the paired sample t-test showed that the mean difference between students’ pre-test and post-test was 22.57, with significance value was .000. This result showed that teaching listening comprehension through Podcast had a significant effect on students’ listening comprehension. In other words, it can be concluded that teaching listening comprehension through Podcast significantly increased students’ listening comprehension.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jele

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

The Journal of English Literacy Education (JELE) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published twice a year by the English Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Sriwijaya University, Indonesia. The journal focuses on research and development in English as a Foreign ...