Students' Perception of Utilizing Podcasts to Learn English Listening Skill

In this day of advanced technology, learning English can be done anywhere, not just through books, but also through the internet. Podcasts can assist in learning listening English during this pandemic since they can be listened to anywhere and at any time, and podcasts are also an enjoyable media. The purpose of this study is to find out what students think about using podcasts to learn English. The research sample was made up of ten people between the ages of 18 until 21, who filled out an online questionnaire. Podcasts are a flexible medium for learning English, according to one study. As a result of this research, it can be concluded that podcasts have become an interesting way to practice English listening skills.


INTRODUCTION
In this modern era English is not a difficult language to learn because sophisticated technology makes it possible for anyone to learn it. Today, digital technology is preferred by many as the first go-to source of a dynamic hub of knowledge and learning (Merzifonluoğlu&Gonulal, 2018). English has four skill namely listening, speaking, writing, and reading. Humans tend to listen more than they read, speak, or write, which arguably puts listening at the heart of the language learning process (Talip GONULAL, 2020). In E-learning to learn English and other foreign languages for non-native speakers, podcasts are one kind of e-learning that can be used to learn listening skill, pronunciation, vocabulary builder and etc.
Listening skills are a set of abilities that everyone should have when learning English in order to develop other skills. Podcasting, which was first presented in 2005, is a cutting-edge method for transmitting audio files. Podcast is a type of media that uses an internet connection to deliver audio recordings. Listening is defined as the process of identifying and understanding the speech of the  (Saricoban, 1999). These four activities should be possible for the listener to do at the same time. As an input skill, listening plays a vital role in student's language development (Saricoban, 1999

The use of Podcasts in Learning Listening English
Listening is undoubtedly best improved by simply listening. Increased exposure to a large amount of comprehensible aural input is called extensive listening (EL) (Talip GONULAL, 2020).
According to Vandergrift and Goh (2012) Twitter-based questionnaires circulated on social media.

Instrument
The perception of students' learning in learning English through the usage of podcasts is the dependent variable in this study. A questionnaire instrument was used to assess students' perceptions.
A questionnaire is a type of research instrument that consists of questions and is used to gather information from respondents.

Data Collection
Data was gathered from a Twitter survey of respondents who used social media or the internet.
The information was gathered using 7 different measures items from questionnaires that were used to determine how students felt about learning English using podcasts. Two open questions were included in the questionnaire to invite students to provide their thoughts on the major benefits and drawbacks of using podcasts for instructional reasons.

Result of Questionnaire
The survey was completed by ten people who identified themselves as students. According to the results of the survey, students' podcast listening habits differed greatly. The majority people subscribed to between 2 -5 podcasts (50%), listened to podcasts 1 -2 times a week (30%) According to the results of the survey (Table 1), podcasts can help students improve their listening abilities, with 60% of students strongly agreeing that listening to podcasts can help them expand their vocabulary. Approximately half of the students (strongly agree and agree) believe that listening to a podcast can motivate them to learn English.
However, it appears that some students find it difficult to identify podcasts that are relevant to their interests (30%). The second section of the survey (Table 2&3) asked students about their thoughts on the benefits (Table 2) and problems (  The students also named problems (Table 3) they had encountered in listening to podcast, they largely indicated the difficulty was with the accent,   (2006), can aid to reinforce independent learning and motivation.

CONCLUSION
Students have responded positively to the findings of this study in terms of enhancing their listening skills. They specifically agree that podcasts are a good technique for learn listening. It's simple to use, flexible, engaging, and enjoyable. Furthermore, this media can be used at any time and in anywhere and podcast increase their motivation in studying English.