NCT01642303

The Effect of Vodcasting on Listening Comprehension

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 2 / Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 106 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Listen to Vodcast

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	vodcasting	listening to downloaded vodcasting files
OTHER	no intervension	Listen to student book listening files

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-01-01
• Primary completion: 2010-06-01
• Completion: 2012-01-01
• First posted: 2012-07-17
• Last updated: 2012-07-18