INFLUENCE OF PODCASTS ON IMPROVING ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS

Abstract

In today’s global world, a student needs to compete with the outside world to retain their professional career. In this process of attaining success, a non-native speaker needs to make progress in their language skills to compete with industry standards. As we are immersed in a technology-driven society, it’s laying a platform where students are encouraged to involve themselves and improvise their language skills with the help of English podcasts, which play an important role in language acquisition. Podcasts are particularly popular with the younger generation since they are flexible and give language learners access to resources from anywhere at any time. Acquiring a list of vocabulary words may lead to pupils using them incorrectly; nevertheless, listening to podcasts can help students expand their vocabulary by selecting new words while engaging in an engaging narrative. These will assist the student in extracting words precisely from the context. Podcasts such as Podcasts in English, The English We Speak, ESL Pod, Better at English, Voice of America Learning English, EnglishClass 101, Elementary Podcasts, Splendid Speaking, This American Life, Global News etc., will reduce stress and improve active listening skills, which expands learning and reduces time. Thus, the mentioned podcasts will not only improve English vocabulary but also increases students English Fluency and encourages speaking English confidently.