Podcast and Padlet and Its' Effectiveness in ELT Class for Pesantren Students

This study is aimed at improving students’ English productive skills by
using podcasts and padlet. It applied quasi-experimental research with
pretest and posttest design. Podcast and Padlet are two free online
platforms that can be accessed for the English language teaching and
learning process. The sample of this study consisted of 50 students from
MA Assalafiyah who all of them are santri of Pondok Pesantren
Assalafiyah. One class was the experimental class and taught by applying
podcasts and padlet, and the other class was the control class that was
taught by using a lecturing method. The data were collected by a test of
speaking and writing as an English productive skills requirement. The ttest
was
used
to
analyze
the data.
The result
of
the study
showed
that
there
were
significant
differences
between
students
from
the
experimental

and
control
group.
The
students
from the
experimental
group
had a higher

score
on
speaking
and
writing
than
those
from
the
control
group.