The Impact of VoiceThread-based Instruction on Developing EFL Listening Skills among Languages Higher Institute's Students

The present study explored the impact of utilizing voice thread based instruction on developing the English listening skills among first year student at the Department of English, Sheraton Languages Higher Institute. Ninety students were divided into two groups as a control group and an experimental group. Each group comprised forty five students. The researcher used the quasi-research pre-post design. Both descriptive statistics (mean scores and standard deviation scores) and inferential statistics (paired samples t-test and independent samples t-test) were utilized for the purpose of data analysis. Findings verified the positive impact of using voice thread-based instruction on developing the experimental students' listening skills compared to the control group. The results revealed that is a large effect on developing the experimental group's listening skills. As for pedagogical implication, the study asserted the importance of utilizing voice thread-based instruction to develop English listening skills among Egyptian EFL students.