The Effect Of Authentic Video Materials On Efl Students' Listening Comprehension

Résumé: According to an informal interview done with some teachers of oral expression at the department of english, University of Oum El Bouaghi, it was concluded that the speaking skill is given more attention, while listening is somehow neglected. It is also reported that the majority of EFL teachers in this department rely mainly on using audio recorded materials for listening comprehension exercises. The current research aims at investigating the effect of authentic video materials on developing EFL students' listening comprehension. In order to fulfill the aim of this study, two methods were adopted. First, a quasi-experiment was designed. Two groups of Forty-eight second-year LMD students of english at the university of Oum El Bouaghi were selected as the experimental and control groups. Both groups were pretested, using a listening comprehension test. Then, subjects of the experimental group were exposed to authentic videos along with different types of activities of listening comprehension, while the participants of the control group were not exposed to any kind of videos. At the end of the study, the post-test, including the same exercises as the pre-test, was administered to learners in the two groups. Second, a descriptive method was used. A questionnaire was addressed to students of the experimental group to inspect their attitudes toward the usefulness of authentic video materials in the language classroom. The findings of the t-tests demonstrated that the use of authentic videos in the EFL classroom brought about positive outcomes in terms of students' listening comprehension. Besides, the results of the students' questionnaire supported the quasi-experiment's findings. The majority of students found authentic video materials very helpful in the oral sessions. They agreed that using these materials is very important to improve EFL students' listening comprehension.

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