BBC Learning English – stories and listening comprehension

Abstract

BBC Learning English – stories is a useful platform that can be used to develop different skills, especially for children because the stories contain subtitles, videos, audio, and striking pictures. The main objective of this research was to analyze the influence of BBC Learning English – stories in listening comprehension. The present research was carried out through a qualitative and quantitative approach. The participants were 28 students of ninth basic level EGB from Unidad Educativa “Picaihua”. The range of the students’ age was from 13 to 14 years old. The treatment of this research had a duration of 6 weeks from May 5th to June 10th , 2022 in a face-to-face modality. The data was collected through the application of a pretest to know the students’ level at the beginning of the treatment, so the average was 5.91 points which means that was very low. After that, the researcher got the results of the pre-test and use practical worksheets to give reinforcement and improve the students’ listening comprehension through BBC Learning English – stories. Also, a post-test was used to know how useful the application of the platform was. The average was 7. 29 points in the results of the post-test, so this result showed an increase of 1.38 points which means that there was a reasonable improvement and progress in the students’ listening comprehension. Finally, it is concluded that the use of BBC Learning English stories had a significant influence because students could improve their skills like understanding of English Language in different contexts and listening skill, and it could create a pleasant atmosphere in the class.