Creating Podcasts for Academic Listening in French: Student Perceptions of Enjoyment and Usefulness

Autor/inn/en	Weinberg, Alysse; Knoerr, Helene; Vandergrift, Larry
Titel	Creating Podcasts for Academic Listening in French: Student Perceptions of Enjoyment and Usefulness
Quelle	In: CALICO Journal, 28 (2011) 3, S.588-605 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0742-7778
Schlagwörter	Feedback (Response); Group Discussion; Focus Groups; Listening Skills; French; Lecture Method; Academic Discourse; Immersion Programs; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Metacognition; Notetaking; Second Language Instruction; Questionnaires; Student Attitudes; Handheld Devices; Educational Technology; Computer Assisted Instruction; Foreign Countries; Canada (Ottawa) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gruppendiskussion; Französisch; Discourse; Diskurs; Immersionsprogramm; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Fragebogen; Schülerverhalten; Unterrichtsmedien; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Ausland
Abstract	This paper reports on the piloting of podcasts created to support Anglophone French Immersion (FI) students in academic listening. The authors developed a series of seven English language podcasts grounded in metacognitive and L2 listening theory to provide FI students with strategies to enhance L2 listening ability and note-taking skills for academic lectures in French. Student feedback was solicited through weekly questionnaires and a focus group discussion. Weekly questionnaires showed that most of the students enjoyed the podcasts and found them moderately useful, although some contradictions emerged. The focus group discussion showed a somewhat higher degree of satisfaction both in terms of enjoyment and usefulness. Suggestions for improving the podcasts are proposed. (Contains 3 tables and 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10