Aina, Souâd2016-09-252016-09-252016-09-25https://dspace.univ-tlemcen.dz/handle/112/8972Within the increasing accessibility and development of technology that plays a special role, especially, in education; teachers and learners, nowadays, have a wide range of opportunities to acquire a foreign language and develop a number of language skills. Listening as a very significant skill for English language learning, has come to be recognised as the most frequently used one and which can be developed through different ways. The use of authentic aural materials, as audio-visual teaching aids, that provide EFL learners and teachers several opportunities to experience the real language with its various features, and to cope with real-life situations; are considered as beneficial educational tools for improving the skill of listening comprehension. Because of the noticeable lack and obstacles of using these materials in the EFL classrooms, and more specifically in the department of English; and because of the essential role it plays in listening, the current research work has been tackled to shed light on the aforementioned proposed issues.enAuthentic Aural Materials - EFL -Learners- Listening SkillsThesis