@inproceedings{01HZEXX7S8PQM61WV7V1KC414A,
  abstract     = {{This study focuses on an out-of-class podcast project undertaken by second-year Bachelors students enrolled on an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) vocabulary course in Belgium. The aim of the project was to provide students with the opportunity to use English more frequently and authentically while creating something tangible together through interaction. Research is beginning to emerge demonstrating the advantages of engaging students in collaborative podcast production, such as an improvement in spoken performance and a reduction in foreign language anxiety. This study contributes to the current wave of applied linguistics research which aims to explore learners’ foreign language learning experiences through the coexistence of multiple emotions. We present data from 38 students who were tasked with creating a podcast in small groups. The first set of data comprised students’ perceptions of making a podcast at two time intervals to examine emotions 1) in anticipation of the project and 2) upon completion. The second set – an online survey – contained Likert-scale items from validated foreign language anxiety and enjoyment instruments as well as open-answer questions to gain insights on the wider-ranging emotions students experienced during 1) their formal language learning education and 2) the podcast project. The thematic analysis identifies which particular aspects of the podcast project invoked emotions in students to better understand what worked, in what situations, and why. Furthermore, the approach of comparing two time periods and two conditions helped us to demonstrate how emotions evolve across time and context, thus informing pedagogical implications especially with regards to teaching a podcast project. In response to the need for increased researcher reflexivity in qualitative research, the methodological challenges we encountered while investigating something as interpretative and multidimensional as emotions are also deliberated.}},
  author       = {{Alger, Mari and Eyckmans, June}},
  booktitle    = {{Psychology of Language Learning PLL5 2024, Abstracts}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  location     = {{Madrid, Spain}},
  title        = {{The impact of podcast creation on EFL students’ language learning emotions}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}