Integrating Authentic listening Materials to improve the students’ Listening skills in EFL classes Lembarek, Samira Sayah Authentic Materials Listening Skills Improvement EFL Classes Integration This study is an attempt to investigate the effectiveness of integrating authentic materials into English as a foreign language (EFL) classes to improve the students’ listening skills. Authentic materials are derived from real-life sources such as newspapers, podcasts, films and videos offer learners exposures to natural language use and cultural context. A questionnaire is administered to 40 middle school teachers to optimize the use of authentic materials in EFL classrooms. The findings revealed that incorporating authentic materials can significantly improve students’ listening proficiency and foster a deeper understanding of a language. 2024-05-08T11:16:14Z 2024-05-08T11:16:14Z 2024-04-12 journal article Samira Sayah Lembarek (2024). Integrating Authentic listening Materials to improve the students’ Listening skills in EFL classes. Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers,Vol. 15(2).109-116. DOI: 10.47750/jett.2024.15.02.011 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/91543 10.47750/jett.2024.15.02.011 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional Universidad de Granada