Improve Students’ Listening Skill By The Utilization Of Radio Broadcasts In English

Abstract

Teaching foreign languages is always estimated to be challenging to the young learners of language. The environment of the classroom has improved and complicated by the advancement of electronic technologies. Modern technology has transformed the way students learn and interact with their environment. Broadcast media are regarded as eye and hear of the people because they look for information on behalf of the general public. Media have always formed an important part of modern education since the beginning of the twentieth century. From print to radio, television, and today’s Web-enabled e-learning, each medium has been seen as a potential solution for the problems, inadequacies and certain ills of education. Radio broadcast is a very effective tool that can serve to supplement class room instruction especially of English, efficiently and effectively. In this article the strategies of teaching and learning foreign languages are given with the help of radio broadcasts in English.