EXPLORING STUDENTS' EXPERIENCES OF USING TECHNOLOGY TO DEVELOP LISTENING SKILLS: A NARRATIVE STUDY

This study explores the experiences of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students using technology to develop listening skills, with a particular focus on academic content from TED Talk on the TikTok platform. The research aims to understand students' perceptions of this technology and identify the factors influencing their perception. Employing a narrative inquiry methodology, data were collected from a class selected using purposive sampling. From these, nine participants were interviewed based on convenience sampling, and their stories are represented by seven students. The findings reveal that most students found TED Talk content on TikTok to be an engaging and effective media for developing listening and other English skills due to its accessibility, variety of topics, and the quality of public speaking. However, some students perceived the content as monotonous and preferred other media. Influential factors include personality, learning preferences, motivation, duration, intensity, language level, motion, repetition, and novelty. This study underlines the importance of integrating diverse technological platforms in language learning to develop English skills.