Investigating EFL students’ and teachers’ attitudes towards the use of authentic materials in EFL the listening classrooms
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2017
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university of Oum- El- Bouaghi
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The notion of integrating authentic materials in language teaching is supported by many scholars and professionals in the field of language pedagogy. In essence, the present investigation aims at highlighting EFL teachers' and students' attitudes toward the use of authentic materials to teach the students' listening skill. To fulfill this aim, a descriptive method was undertaken and data were gathered through two questionnaires administered to 30 third year LMD students and 10 teachers of Oral Expression at Larbi Ben M'Hidi University. The questionnaires were analyzed in terms of frequency and percentage by means of the statistical package SPSS. The results indicate that both teachers of Oral Expression and students hold a positive attitude toward presenting authentic materials in the classroom as a strategy to enhance students' listening skill. Furthermore, the use of authentic materials encourages students to improve their listening skill, build self-confidence and sustain motivation. On account of these findings, a number of pedagogical implications are given to teachers, students and course designers in addition to some limitation.
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Language teaching, Listening skill, Language pedagogy