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Chapter Five Conclusion 25
5.1 Major Findings . 25
5.2 Implications 25
5.3 Limitation and Recommendations for Future Research 29
References 31
Appendix 33
Effects of Podcast on the Motivation of College English Learning Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Research Background We are now in the Internet Era. The appearance of the Internet has brought remarkable changes to our life style, work style as well as study style, especially in the field of language teaching and learning. Since late 20th century, with the wide application of Internet technology in English teaching, web-based autonomic language learning has become a crucial part of the English teaching reform. According to the new College English Curriculum Requirements released by the Ministry of Education in 2007, reforms are inevitable in existing teacher-centered pattern of language teaching. And a new kind of multimedia-assisted and Internet technology-based teaching model has emerged as the times require. In some ways, the purpose of the reform is to free language teaching from the limitations of time and place and to form a student-centered autonomic language learning model. Podcast-based language learning has the potential to bring changes appealing to the requirement. Since Adam Curry, known as Podfather, launched his show Daily Source Code in 2004,which is commonly believed to be the first podcast published online, a new way of transmission online appeared. Then a community of pioneer podcasters followed. These years witness the growing maturity and development of podcast technology. At the same time we have seen that more and more educational podcast applied in English teaching. “Podcast” is roughly ten years old, and the genre seems more alive than ever. Nowadays podcast is easily accessible to by using some podcast software.
Also, podcast is simply more professional compared to amateurish one in the past. Compared to traditional learning materials, podcast can provide rich and authentic language learning resources in the form of video, audio or PDF, etc. Thus language learners can have a larger choice of learning materials and higher English learning interest. Besides, in such a podcast-based environment, student-oriented learning mode will be created, during which the learners’ autonomic learning ability is emphasized and cultivated. They can choose learning materials that fit their own language proficiency and learning pace and learn language via computers or some other mobile devices according to their own time plans and learning needs. The interactive learning via podcast is another advantage. However, as a part of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), research conducted on podcast, an emerging medium, is still in its early period, especially the study on the motivation of EFL learners in the use of podcast.