Teachers and students attitudes towards the effectiveness of teaching materials in enhancing EFL listening skill: the case of first and second year LMD teachers and students of english at Larbi Ben M’hidi University
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2023
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University of Oum El Bouaghi
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Listening the Cinderella skill, proves to be a challenging for both foreign language students to develop and teachers to teach. While the selection of relevant teaching materials is crucial to support learning and ensure its success, the lack of a syllabus in the Oral Expression module at the Department of English made it not clear how teachers choose and employ materials to teach listening. Accordingly, the present study aims at investigating teachers' and students' attitudes towards the effectiveness of teaching materials in developing EFL students' listening skill. Methodologically, the research employs a quantitative descriptive method and collects data through two questionnaires administered to eight teachers and fifty first and second-year students at the Department of English, University of Oum El Bouaghi during the academic year 2022/2023. After analysing and interpreting the collected data, the study reveals that Oral Expression teachers encounter challenges in teaching listening skills, acknowledging the difficulties faced by students and highlighting the importance of using authentic materials to address vocabulary-related issues. However, despite these challenges, both teachers and students maintain positive attitudes towards the teaching materials used in the classroom and listening skills. Teachers perceive the teaching of listening enjoyable and recognize the benefits of using teaching materials and activities, while students enjoy listening to English and perceive the teaching materials as valuable aids and sources of motivation. The findings of this study suggest that universities should prioritize addressing the challenges in developing students' listening skills by enhancing the effectiveness of the teaching materials and providing professional development opportunities for teachers.
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Listening skill; Teaching materials