THE EFL JORDANIAN UNDERGRADUATES’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE USE OF PODCASTS IN TEACHING SPEAKING SKILLS IN JORDAN

Abstract

Undoubtedly, English plays a vital role in ensuring flawless communication and interaction amongst people. Accordingly, this study aims at measuring the EFL Jordanian undergraduates’ attitude towards the use of podcasts in teaching speaking skills in Jordan. It also aims to identify the role of demographic information (Gender and Academic Year) of EFL Jordanian undergraduate students. In order to achieve such aims, this study adopted a quantitative research design by distributing a questionnaire. Accordingly, 284 questionnaires were analyzed. The findings concluded that students have positive attitude to improve their speaking skill with the help of podcast use. In addition, it is highlighted that this kind of use for podcast can improve vocabulary, pronunciation difficulties, grammar differences, listening difficulties, and other skills. It also found that students are significantly affected by the gender and academic year as the P.value is below 0.05. This study recommends conducting further studies focusing on the causes of speaking difficulties.