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The study was conducted at Dao Duy Tu high school in Thai Nguyen in the second semester of the year 2019-2020 in order to investigate the effects of using podcasts on improving the students’ listening comprehension in English. Based on the aims of the study, an action research design was employed with the model of Burns. The author conducted the study in nine weeks with the participation of fifty students in class 10P and 10D0 course 14 at Dao Duy Tu high school in Thai Nguyen. During the procedure of the study, the students participated in listening lessons with the podcasts of listening comprehension selected by the teacher. Tests and questionnaire were used in the study as the data collection instruments. The research results indicated that there was a remarkable development in the students’ listening comprehension after the intervention and most of the students had positive opinions towards the use of podcasts in the listening lessons. Findings revealed that the scores of the pre- test and post-test were the solid evidence for the application of podcasts to foster the students’ listening comprehension. Based on the results, recommendations were given to the students and teachers so as to improve students’ listening comprehension through the podcasts application effectively. Finally, some further implications, limitations and suggestions for further studies were included in this study.
