LISTENING TECHNIQUES USED IN ENGLISH
LISTENING ANDROID APPLICATION
Abstract
Nowadays multimedia technology becomes more accessible to
teachers and learners of other languages, its potential as a tool to enhance
listening skills becomes a practical option. Multimedia allows integration of
text, graphics, audio, and motion video in a range of combinations (Chang,
2010). By
the growth of technology, many media and application are created to provide
autonomous learning. One of the proofs is the existing thousands English
listening Android applications. As mobile technology develops, it affords
second or foreign language learners and teachers ever greater opportunity to
practice the target language “anywhere and anytime (Geddes, 2004 in Jee 2011). As
long as learners need to practice, they don’t only need to study at school and
course but autonomous learning is necessary to support their improvement.
Creating autonomous
learning needs specific and appropriate technique available to make successful
learning. Because autonomous learners should characterize their self in willing
and having capacity to control their learning (including learning style,
strategy and technique they like most). On this case selecting learning media
and source will take importance role. This qualitative study will investigate
the technique used in some free English listening Android applications and
their advantages in learning English especially listening section.
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