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    Audiobooks and listening comprehension
    (Universidad Técnica de Ambato-Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y de la Educación- Pedagogía de los Idiomas Nacionales y Extranjeros, 2022-09-01) Torres Aleaga, Juan José; Escalante Gamazo, Marbella Cumandá
    Learning the English language is an experience as a whole, depending on how you approach it and what methods you use. The main objective of this study is to determine the effects of using audiobooks for improving students’ listening comprehension. The population of this research was 33 students, 12 men and 21 women, from the fifth semester of “Pedagogía de los Idiomas Nacionales y Extranjeros (PINE)” major at Universidad Técnica de Ambato. The study had a total of 6 sessions. The first and last sessions were used for the pre- and post-test, which were the PET Listening section. The remaining four sessions were for the treatments. Moreover, the research used a pre-experimental design with a mixed approach. At the end of the treatment sessions, the data that was gathered was then analyzed and verified using the Wilcoxon ranks test from the SPSS program. Finally, the results showed that audiobooks made a significant improvement of students’ listening comprehension skills.