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Reinders, H., & Cho, M.Y. (2010). Extensive Listening Practice and Input Enhancement Using Mobile Phones: Encouraging Out-of-Class Learning with Mobile Phones. The Electronic Journal for English as a Second Language, 14 (2), 1-7. Retrieved from http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/ The use of handphone is familiar for people around the world. It is not only used by adults but kids also have been known about the use of handphone. Even some studies reveal that language learners in some Asia countries enjoy the learning process through their handphone because they can learn it anytime they want it. Besides, the size of mobile phone is not too big so it is easy to bring everywhere. It also engages situated learning meaning as the learning can happen when the information is connected to the learners. For instance, the learners go to the market with their mother to purchase some goods and then they are able to learn about the vocabulary related to the market while doing another activity. ...

Citation: Shiri, Saeed. (2015). The Application of Podcasting as a Motivational Strategy to Iranian EFL Learners of English: A View toward Listening Comprehension. Australian International Academic Centre, 6(3), 155-165. I have reviewed some journal article about extensive listening using podcast. Now, I would like to review the application of podcasting as motivational strategy for EFL students. Motivation is often regarded as the main key to make the students achieve the objectives.  According to Williams & Burden (1997), the students need motivation to provide major drive to begin language learning later on the motivating force to continue the long and lengthy process of language learning. Acquiring language takes long time so that the students need to be motivated enough to follow the process. One of the strongest motivational strategies is the use of new technologies including audio visual (Madrid, 2012). In this case, podcasting can be one of the effective educat...

Citation: Alshakhi, Dalal. (2016). Attitude toward Enhancing Extensive Listening through Podcast Supplementary Pack . Canadian Center of Science and Education, 9(7), 32-47. The outcomes of learning listening are not often well defined. So, the students just listen to the provided recording without achieving the goals of listening. Various listening activities still fail to be obtained in the real life communication. The teacher usually did not provide them enough comprehensible input. Actually, the Students required being autonomous learners, information evaluators, observers, and critical thinkers in this era. Acquiring listening skill is not able to be done by only listening to teachers’ talk or class instructions. The teacher should engage extensive listening and the role of technology to improve it. Using textbooks is not the only way to teach listening. In fact, the students often listen various of audio from cassette or recording from the teacher, but they still can’t ma...

Citation: Shiri, Saeed. (2015). The Application of Podcasting as a Motivational Strategy to Iranian EFL Learners of English: A View toward Listening Comprehension. Australian International Academic Centre, 6(3), 155-165. source: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C9QbV-yUMAA7W-A.jpg In this occasion, I will review journal article related to motivation in acquiring the listening skill. Motivation is regarded to be a prominent aspect of psychology and language education. This is dealing with the students willing to keep continue their learning journey since there are several problems in the learning process. To obtain certain skill, the students should be able to pass all of the learning phases. They may be surrender in the middle of the learning process or lazy to follow the activity without their strong willing. Then, listening is one of challenging skill in learning language because the students are demanded to listen to the target language which may be unfamiliar to them. Therefo...

Citation: Samawiyah, Zuhrotun. (2016). Phonetic Symbols through Audiolingual Method to Improve the Students’ Listening Skill. Dinamika Ilmu, Vol. 16, No.1 pp. 35-46 Listening is the first phase that a baby does in their first language acquisition phase.  It is the activity when ones know about certain words. In learning language, we don’t only study reading or writing, but it is important to learn oral communications. Before acquiring speaking skill, learners commonly learn how to obtain spoken information.  The process of communication engages the speaker willing to deliver their idea and the listener intentionally and actively obtain the meaning of the message. In this case, listener’s understanding is measured by knowing how well their understanding. In this article, the authors clearly explain what listening is. She also wrote some steps while listening and mentioned about self-monitoring to improve it. However, I disagree with the point that stated that we sho...