The Use of Google Trends to Improve Students' Listening and Speaking Skills

Autor/in	Kara, Saban
Titel	The Use of Google Trends to Improve Students' Listening and Speaking Skills
Quelle	In: Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 81 (2023) 5, S.612-626 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kara, Saban)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1822-7864
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Online Searching; Internet; Web Sites; Teaching Methods; Listening Skills; Speech Skills; Instructional Materials; College Students; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Instructional Effectiveness; Scores; Learning Motivation; Enrichment; Iraq + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Online-Recherche; Web-Design; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Mündliche Leistung; Sprachfertigkeit; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Collegestudent; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Unterrichtserfolg; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Bereicherung; Irak
Abstract	Using authentic materials, such as books, videos, news, and podcasts has received increasing attention in English classes in the last two decades. Among others, Google Trends serves as a platform to choose authentic materials based on their popularity on a global scale. It has been displaying huge data about the most popular news, people, events, books, movies, and songs since 2004. To this aim, 40 Foundation English students who studied at a private university in Erbil, Iraq, were chosen through a simple random sampling method for the 2022-2023 Academic Year. Control group students kept their education according to the principles of the pre-defined curriculum, while experimental group students made a presentation about a trending topic on Google, prepared a listening quiz, and ran a speaking session. The data, collected by exams and surveys, were analyzed by SPSS 26 and NVivo application, revealing that Google Trends enriched teaching mode, increased students' listening scores and enhanced speaking performance significantly in the experimental group, whereas no noticeable progress was observed in the control group. Likewise, students' motivation towards learning English increased significantly in the experimental group, while it was less than noticeable in the control group. The findings of this study can have some implications for educators who consider integrating Google Trends into the curriculum to present authentic materials. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01