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VoScreen As A Listening Aid: A Digitalized Learning Experience

Cilt: 8 Sayı: 3 30 Eylül 2020
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VoScreen As A Listening Aid: A Digitalized Learning Experience

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While learning a foreign language, it is quite widespread now to take advantage of mobile devices and applications because they provide lots of authentic activities and abundant chances of repetition that language learners need. As a popular mobile application, VoScreen encapsulates several beneficial features for learners who have different proficiency levels. With numerous video materials in the application which are clipped from famous movies, TV series or advertisements, learners are provided with a vast number of audiovisual materials, which allows them to improve their language proficiency. Bearing those features of VoScreen in mind, this study was conducted to find out the differences in the perceptions of the elementary and intermediate level EFL students towards the use of VoScreen as an aid for listening comprehension. The participants of the study are 30 EFL students divided into 2 distinctive groups considering their language proficiency levels. During the study, each group utilized VoScreen application to scaffold their listening proficiency for eight weeks. At the end of the study period, students were asked to fill a survey and a questionnaire to find out their perceptions towards VoScreen practices. Also, semi-structured interviews were carried out to get in-depth sight of student opinions. The study demonstrated that there is no meaningful difference between the elementary and intermediate level EFL students in terms of their perceptions towards VoScreen use as an aid for listening comprehension even though elementary level EFL learners have slightly higher perception scores. The study also revealed that EFL learners are in the opinion that VoScreen use provides many benefits for them, and it is an effective listening aid.

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

İkinci Bir Dil Olarak İngilizce

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yazarlar

Yayımlanma Tarihi

30 Eylül 2020

Gönderilme Tarihi

7 Haziran 2020

Kabul Tarihi

25 Eylül 2020

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2020 Cilt: 8 Sayı: 3

Kaynak Göster

APA
Ekinci, E., & Ekinci, M. (2020). VoScreen As A Listening Aid: A Digitalized Learning Experience. International Journal of Languages’ Education and Teaching, 8(3), 100-117. https://doi.org/10.29228/ijlet.44078
AMA
1.Ekinci E, Ekinci M. VoScreen As A Listening Aid: A Digitalized Learning Experience. IJLET. 2020;8(3):100-117. doi:10.29228/ijlet.44078
Chicago
Ekinci, Ecem, ve Mithat Ekinci. 2020. “VoScreen As A Listening Aid: A Digitalized Learning Experience”. International Journal of Languages’ Education and Teaching 8 (3): 100-117. https://doi.org/10.29228/ijlet.44078.
EndNote
Ekinci E, Ekinci M (01 Eylül 2020) VoScreen As A Listening Aid: A Digitalized Learning Experience. International Journal of Languages’ Education and Teaching 8 3 100–117.
IEEE
[1]E. Ekinci ve M. Ekinci, “VoScreen As A Listening Aid: A Digitalized Learning Experience”, IJLET, c. 8, sy 3, ss. 100–117, Eyl. 2020, doi: 10.29228/ijlet.44078.
ISNAD
Ekinci, Ecem - Ekinci, Mithat. “VoScreen As A Listening Aid: A Digitalized Learning Experience”. International Journal of Languages’ Education and Teaching 8/3 (01 Eylül 2020): 100-117. https://doi.org/10.29228/ijlet.44078.
JAMA
1.Ekinci E, Ekinci M. VoScreen As A Listening Aid: A Digitalized Learning Experience. IJLET. 2020;8:100–117.
MLA
Ekinci, Ecem, ve Mithat Ekinci. “VoScreen As A Listening Aid: A Digitalized Learning Experience”. International Journal of Languages’ Education and Teaching, c. 8, sy 3, Eylül 2020, ss. 100-17, doi:10.29228/ijlet.44078.
Vancouver
1.Ecem Ekinci, Mithat Ekinci. VoScreen As A Listening Aid: A Digitalized Learning Experience. IJLET. 01 Eylül 2020;8(3):100-17. doi:10.29228/ijlet.44078

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