Chilling True Story: Revolutionizing EFL Learning. Integrating Podcasts to Enhance Communicative, Intercultural, and Media Literacy Skills by Jessica Büscher

Master's Thesis from the year 2022 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Pedagogy, Literature Studies, grade: 1,0, University of Paderborn, language: English, abstract: This paper explores how podcasts can revolutionize learning in the EFL (English as a foreign language) classroom. Not only are podcasts easily accessible and transcend knowledge barriers, but they also foster close-knit communities and offer a variety of genres and formats. Although increasingly popular with young adults, their potential often remains untapped in schools. This study aims to show how teachers can use podcasts effectively in the classroom to promote communicative, intercultural and media literacy skills. With concrete application examples and creative teaching concepts, we want to give teachers the tools to integrate podcasts profitably into EFL lessons and thus make learning more exciting and interactive.