Within Japan, a recent study by Lauer et al. Regarding the beneficial effects of podcasts in foreign language education, Hasan and Tan (2012) noted improved listening skills as a result of listening to podcasts and suggested their future integration into ESL curricula to facilitate learning. Michel, 2019) noted a proliferation of English language learning related podcasts, indicating considerable demand for this kind of podcast. A recent report on podcasts in Japan (St. ![]() Podcasts and podcasting have experienced huge growth in recent years, with an estimated 800,000 active podcasts and over 54 million podcast episodes available worldwide (Adgate, 2019).
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |