Multimedia resources and listening skills

Abstract

The main objective of this research was to explore the incidence of multimedia resources in listening skill development. The population in which the study was carried out was a group of 24 students of the second level of high school of the Sagrada Familia Educational Unit located in the city of Ambato. The methodology used for this research was quantitative and pre-experimental. A pre and post-test of the listening section of the KET (Key English Test) listening test evaluated the students on listening for specific, detailed, and understanding of detailed information. Thus, the pre-test was applied before the treatment while the post-test was applied after the interventions using the multimedia resources (British Council website) to verify if the students improved their listening skills. For the analysis of the data obtained, the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) program was used, with which it could be represented by means of tables. Consequently, this by means of a pre-test and a post-test, which was essential to evaluate the students' mastery of listening comprehension. Finally, teachers and students should be aware of the contributions that the use of multimedia resources makes to the English classroom and use them as much as possible to develop their listening skills and their perception of language. In addition, teachers must keep in mind that the use of multimedia resources enriches the learning experience of students with the variety of accents, tones and speaking styles, which expands the listener's ability to adapt, since it has a great impact on the attention and motivation of students; in this way, students can feel more relaxed and lose their fear of learning English.