Development and validation of podcast as a supplementary listening material

This study was to assert the potential of the developed podcast that was used as a supplementary material in enhancing the listening skills of the fourth grade learners. This study used 4D model by Semmuel and Semmuel (1974 as cited by Hirayato, 2022) namely define, design, development and disseminate. The participants were the thirty-six (36) grade four learners. The percentage, mean, frequency, were used to analyzed the competencies of pre-test and post-test. The pre-test resulted as low in listening competencies with the mean score of 16.58 After the implementation of the developed podcast, post-test was conducted which resulted as moderate with the mean score of 24.47. Podcast developed showed improvement in listening skills to the learners when the pre-test and post-test result were compared using the dependent t-test at a=0.05 level of significance. The significant difference of the pre-test and post-test showed -7.865p<.05 at .05. The level of acceptability in terms of content quality, instructional quality, technical quality and other findings of the developed podcast were highly acceptable with a mean score of 4.75.