UTILIZING PODCAST AS PEDAGOGICAL MEDIA IN TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (EFL) IN MADRASAH: A CASE STUDY
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The podcast is one pedagogical media that can be used to help learners in learning language, it is considered as one of the innovations that can be implemented in English language teaching in Madrasah in Indonesia, and it is an effective media to improve the language skills of students in learning English as a foreign language (EFL). This present study is aimed to examine the utilizing of podcast in teaching English to students and to analyze the challenges that teachers have in utilizing the innovation of podcast and to know to what extend the podcast improve students’ English skill. The researcher conducted classroom observation, interview and questionnaire to get data, and the participants of this research were teacher and 15 students at Madrasah in Tangerang. Due to the finding, the podcast gives about 80% success in improving the language skills of students. It can be indicated from the classroom observation of the researcher, also the interview that has been conducted to the participants where the researcher found that students are getting high self confidence in using English in their classroom activity. Finally, this podcast as pedagogical Media can give innovation in English teaching as a foreign language for students.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.35194/cp.v0i0.3044
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