Title of article :
Edutainment in English Language Classrooms: Learners’ Listening Comprehension and Self-Concept
Author/Authors :
anani, Saeede Arab Department of Foreign Languages - Islamic Azad University Kerman Branch, Kerman, Iran , Hassanzadeh, Mona Department of Foreign Languages - Islamic Azad University Kerman Branch, Kerman, Iran , Haddad Narafshan, Mehry Department of Foreign Languages - Islamic Azad University Kerman Branch, Kerman, Iran
Abstract :
Thecurrentstudyinvestigatedwhethertheprovisionofedutainmentcouldcontributetoimprovinglisteningcomprehensionandself-conceptintheEFLcontextofIran.Toaddressthisissue,twointactclasseswereassignedtothecontrolandexperimentalgroup,eachcon-tainingthirtystudents.Thisquasi-experimentalstudywasimplementedonthepre-test-post-testequivalentgroupdesign.Theresultsofthepre-testsindicatedthattheparticipantsofthetwogroupswerehomogenousregardingtheirproficiencylevelaswellastheirlisteningcomprehensionandself-concept.Quantitativedatawascollectedusingalisteningcom-prehensiontestandRobson’s(1989)self-conceptquestionnaire(SCQ)beforeandafteredutainmentimplementation.Descriptiveandinferen-tialanalysesofthecollecteddata,overa36session-period,revealedthat theexperimentalgroupsignificantlyoutperformedthecontrolgrouponthescalesoflisteningcomprehensionandself-conceptwhichreflectsthattheuseofedutainmentappearstoprovideauniqueopportunityforthestudentstoimprovetheirlisteningcomprehensionandself-concept.Thecombinationofeducationandentertainmentmadelearningmoreattrac-tive,entertaining,andinteresting.Itgavethelearnersanewopportu-nitytoacquireknowledgeinaninterestinginformativeway.
Keywords :
Edutainment , EFL learners , listening comprehension , self concept
Journal title :
Journal of Studies in Learning and Teaching English
