The Use Of Audio Recording During Lectures By E.m.p Students And Its Effect On The Learning Process

Résumé: Audio recording of lectures is becoming a more common tool in the hands of university students, especially in English for specific purpose classes; the objective of this study is to highlight the reasons, the benefits as well as the limitations of using such a tool in such circumstances. Furthermore, clarifying to what extent does audio recording support students of English as a foreign language, acquire knowledge and perform well in tests. The data collection tools used are both qualitative and quantitative research methods, exploited to determine the impact of EFL university students’ use of audio recording. Individual interviews and questionnaires were conducted in the Department of pharmacy, Faculty of medicine, University of Djillali Liabes, Sidi Bel-Abbes. We gave the questionnaires to One hundred and fifty (150) second-year students. After coding and analysing the data, the main findings showed that audio recording of lectures influenced student’s performance and attendance in numerous ways.

Publié dans la revue: ALTRALANG Journal