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    Video conferencing and the listening skill
    (Carrera de Pedagogía de los Idiomas Nacionales y Extranjeros, 2022-03-01) Criollo López, Jhon Orlando; Vera de la Torre, Ana Jazmina
    The listening skill is among the most challenging skills for students because they must distinguish between different accents and pronunciations. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, new ways of teaching have been taken and meetings with video conferences have made great progress in this field. These video conferences can be done on different platforms like Zoom, Skype, Teems or Google Meets. This research aims to identify the influence of video conferencing on listening skill. For data collection, the participation of 30 students from sixth year of high school was necessary. A pre-test and post-test were applied to evaluate students before and after the treatment which consisted of five teaching lessons that introduced the use of audios during video conferences. After that, the results were analyzed and interpreted to have a better understanding of them. It was demonstrated that the employment of audios during meetings helped students learn new words and at the same time, they could solve doubts that arose at the time. Finally, the results showed that video conferencing influences listening skill but it also helps students feel more motivate