Participants held predominantly positive perceptions of podcasts as learning tools¶

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Currency · newest study 2015 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? 88% of the experimental group perceived podcasts as learning tools and 70% liked listening to them, per the podcasting contribution questionnaire. → Shiri 2015

Evidence¶

Shiri 2015¶

Saeed Shiri. (2015). The Application of Podcasting as a Motivational Strategy to Iranian EFL Learners of English: A View toward Listening Comprehension. Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 6(3). http://dx.doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.6n.3p.155

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Likert-scale podcasting contribution questionnaire given to the 17 male experimental-group participants after the program, with free-text comments; descriptive percentages only, no inferential test.

"Based on this survey, the majority of the respondents (88%) perceived that they consider podcasts as useful learning tools. Furthermore, exactly seventy percent of the participants liked the experience."

Discussion¶

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