USING AUTHENTIC MATERIALS TO ENHANCE LISTENING COMPREHENSION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING
PDF

Ключевые слова

authentic materials, listening comprehension, EFL learning, real-life input, communicative competence.

Аннотация

Listening comprehension has become a core component of communicative language teaching, requiring exposure to meaningful, real-life language input. Authentic materials—such as podcasts, interviews, radio broadcasts, films, and spontaneous conversations—provide learners with natural linguistic patterns that cannot be reproduced by artificially scripted texts. This article explores the pedagogical value of authentic listening materials, examines their impact on learners’ comprehension skills, and discusses methodological strategies for integrating them into English language learning classrooms. The findings highlight that authentic resources increase learner motivation, develop pragmatic awareness, and improve the ability to process spoken discourse in real communicative situations.

PDF

Библиографические ссылки

Gilmore, A. (2007). Authentic materials and authenticity in foreign language learning. Language Teaching, 40(2), 97–118.

Field, J. (2008). Listening in the Language Classroom. Cambridge University Press.

Richards, J. C. (2015). Key Issues in Language Teaching. Cambridge University Press.

Bacon, S. M., & Finnemann, M. D. (1990). A study of the attitudes, motives, and strategies of university foreign language students and their disposition to authentic input. Modern Language Journal, 74(4), 459–473.

Herron, C., & Seay, I. (1991). The effect of authentic texts on foreign language listening comprehension. Foreign Language Annals, 24(6), 487–495.

Wagner, E. (2010). The effects of task type on listening performance. Language Testing, 27(3), 396–417.

Nunan, D. (2004). Task-Based Language Teaching. Cambridge University Press.

Rost, M. (2011). Teaching and Researching Listening. Pearson Education.

Peacock, M. (1997). The effect of authentic materials on the motivation of EFL learners. ELT Journal, 51(2), 144–156.

Sherman, J. (2003). Using Authentic Video in the Language Classroom. Cambridge University Press.