Effect of using Authentic Audio Materials on EFL Students’ Listening Comprehension: First Year Social Sciences Students at Jimma University in Focus
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.20372/ajbs.2022.7.2.705Abstract
Listening is a receptive skill. To be successful at higher learning institutions where English is a medium of instruction, EFL students should have good command of English one of which is EFL listening comprehension. This study dealt with assessing Effect of using Authentic Audio Materials on EFL Students’ Listening Comprehension: First Year Social Sciences Students at Jimma University in Focus. Consequently, the main objective of this study was to assess the effect of using Authentic Audio Materials on EFL Students’ listening comprehension skills focusing on first year, undergraduate students of Jimma University. To conduct the study, a quasi-experimental study design was employed. Therefore, two intact groups were randomly selected among first year undergraduate,
Social Sciences students of Jimma University in 2021 and assigned into treatment and control groups. During the intervention, the treatment group was taught using selected authentic audio materials while the control group was taught using the conventional Communicative English Language Skills–I module. Next, the quantitative data were collected using listening comprehension test and analyzed using Independent Samples T-test. The result of the T-test showed that there is a statistically significant difference in using authentic audio materials on EFL students’ listening comprehension (t (75) = 8.187, p=0.001). Thus, the null hypothesis was rejected and the research hypothesis was accepted and hence, it is possible to conclude that using authentic audio materials can improve
students’ listening comprehension. Based on the findings of this study, the researcher recommends using authentic audio materials in EFL listening classes.