Podcasts as an Educational Tool for EFL Educators
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https://doi.org/10.1344/reire2019.12.121711Keywords:
Podcast, EFL instruction, Educational strategy, Technological toolAbstract
Education, and especially the teaching of English as a foreign language, currently faces major challenges essentially because societies are living in a time of change caused by technological development and the impact of virtual and multimedia spaces on students’ lives. Therefore, English teachers, educational authorities and students need to explore new strategies for teaching and learning this language. This article presents a technological tool, the Podcast, as a way of making audio or video content accessible regularly via the internet, and as an influential teaching strategy that has not been widely explored by many teachers but offers advantages and opportunities to improve the foreign language teaching–learning process. The article focuses on defining the concept of a Podcast, detailing its qualities and characteristics and the ways this technological option can be implemented in the context of the foreign language class to offer a flexible, innovative and motivating alternative to English teachers.References
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