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Stundents' Reflection Towards the Use of English Podcast on their Listening Skill
Podcast is a digital audio recording which can be accessed online via the internet
and also can be used anywhere and anytime. This study aims to investigate students'
reflection of using English podcasts on their listening skills. This research was
conducted at English Education Study Program, Pakuan University, and this
research used a qualitative approach with a qualitative descriptive method in its
methodology. This study has two instruments which are a close-ended questionnaire
and semi-structured interview, based on indicators and components of reflection,
Knowledge in action, Reflection IN action, and Reflection ON action. Each of these
components use three indicators: Understanding, Sense, and Values. The result of
this research that podcast is supporting learning media, not the main media. When
they find an interesting podcast topic, they can concentrate fully on understanding
it. Podcasts also can be a media that deliver a good influence on the students. There
are many possibilities for podcasts to have a certain influence on students. However,
in this research found that podcast cannot stand alone in learning process, it needs
other media or methods that support podcast in learning. Therefore, this media
needs concentrate on using it. The main key of concentrate using this media is a
topic that interesting for students. If the topic interesting, the podcast can more
effective to use
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