THE USE OF GOOGLE TRENDS TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ LISTENING AND SPEAKING SKILLS

IF 0.8 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Problems of Education in the 21st Century Pub Date : 2023-10-25 DOI:10.33225/pec/23.81.612

Saban Kara

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Abstract

Using authentic materials, such as books, videos, news, and podcasts has received increasing attention in English classes in the last two decades. Among others, Google Trends serves as a platform to choose authentic materials based on their popularity on a global scale. It has been displaying huge data about the most popular news, people, events, books, movies, and songs since 2004. To this aim, 40 Foundation English students who studied at a private university in Erbil, Iraq, were chosen through a simple random sampling method for the 2022-2023 Academic Year. Control group students kept their education according to the principles of the pre-defined curriculum, while experimental group students made a presentation about a trending topic on Google, prepared a listening quiz, and ran a speaking session. The data, collected by exams and surveys, were analyzed by SPSS 26 and NVivo application, revealing that Google Trends enriched teaching mode, increased students' listening scores and enhanced speaking performance significantly in the experimental group, whereas no noticeable progress was observed in the control group. Likewise, students’ motivation towards learning English increased significantly in the experimental group, while it was less than noticeable in the control group. The findings of this study can have some implications for educators who consider integrating Google Trends into the curriculum to present authentic materials. Keywords: authentic materials, Google Trends, listening scores, enhanced speaking performance

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使用谷歌趋势来提高学生的听力和口语技能

在过去的二十年里，使用真实的材料，如书籍、视频、新闻和播客，在英语课堂上越来越受到关注。其中，谷歌趋势作为一个平台，根据它们在全球范围内的受欢迎程度来选择正宗的材料。自2004年以来，它一直在展示有关最受欢迎的新闻、人物、事件、书籍、电影和歌曲的大量数据。为此，通过简单的随机抽样方法，选择了在伊拉克埃尔比勒一所私立大学就读的40名基础英语学生，他们将在2022-2023学年学习。对照组的学生按照预先设定的课程原则继续接受教育，而实验组的学生就谷歌上的热门话题做了一个演讲，准备了一个听力测试，并进行了一次口语练习。通过考试和调查收集的数据，通过SPSS 26和NVivo应用程序进行分析，发现Google Trends丰富了教学模式，实验组学生的听力成绩和口语成绩显著提高，而对照组没有明显的进步。同样，实验组学生学习英语的动机显著增加，而对照组则不那么明显。这项研究的发现可能对那些考虑将谷歌趋势整合到课程中以呈现真实材料的教育工作者有一些启示。关键词:正宗材料，谷歌趋势，听力分数，口语提升

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期刊介绍： Problems of Education in the 21st Century is an international, periodical scientific journal publishing original research across the whole of education. The journal''s Editorial Board and staff are committed to building PEC into the leading scientific journal in its field by publishing articles of outstanding scientific quality that merit the attention and interest of the whole educational community.