The influence of using technological tools and equipment such as podcasts, vokies, tape recorders, internet and computers in the development of the listening skill of the students of the eleventh year of bachillerato general of Instituto Nacional de el Congo, in the City of El Congo, Santa Ana, from may to july 2014

摘要

This report describes the way in which some technological tools can enhance the acquisition and development of the listening skill of students learning English as a foreign language in the aforementioned institution. The Listening skill is an active practice that allows students to recognize, process, internalize and interpret the information in the brain. This process is very important specially when learning a foreign language because it gives the students the opportunity to recognize the sounds, words and mainly the message of the new language. Since technology has become a major concern in the educational world, most schools have implemented it in their English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classes, but still in El Salvador, many schools have been inconsistent in implementing instructional technology. There are, nowadays, many technological tools in order to help students in the learning of English, and teachers can also make use of them in the classroom with the purpose of developing listening activities.