Teaching collocations to foreign language learners through listening to podcasts using an interactive website

Abstract EN

The importance of incorporating collocations in EFL syllabi cannot be overstated.

although collocations could massively contribute to EFL learners' fluent written and spoken production, they are seldom taught in any principled manner in classrooms.

thus, using collocations correctly and appropriately remains a particular challenge even to advanced EFL learners.

a pilot study is conducted to explore the role of an interactive website aimed at improving the collocational competence of 25 third-year EFL students from the department of English at Oum el Bouaghi university (Algeria) through listening to podcasts.

pre-tests and post-tests were selected as research tools.

the study is mainly quantitative, in which the primary aim is to draw comparisons between students' results and performance on collocations before and after listening to podcasts using an interactive website.

the results of the study have revealed that participants' scores after listening to the podcasts were significantly higher than their scores before interacting with the podcasts.

in the light of their overall scores, the use of an interactive website to teach collocations through listening to podcasts has immensely contributed to EFL learners' rate of learning the target collocations.