The Effects of Using Audio BookS on EFL Students Reading Comprehension

Abstract

Reading is one of the most important skills to acquire knowledge. The current study investigated the effectiveness of using audiobooks to improve EFL learners’ reading comprehension. This study means to focus on the challenges that could be faced by the learners in reading comprehension . many researchers and classroom teachers are doing research to solve the learners problem in English reading comprehension or selecting the suitable reading materials is one important research brunch.Audio materials are very essential in foreign language learning because it brings reality to the classroom through direct exposure to native speaker’s language. The current research tries to find out the importance of using audio books in enhancing EFL students reading skill. The hypothesis states that if EFL learners listen to audio books, they will help them develop their reading comprehension. A randomly chosen sample of first year LMD from the Foreign language Department, the English section at Mohamed Kheider University were kindly asked to answer to a questionnaire. The gathered data were analysed by hand. The results revealed of this study will show that students is highly positive towards the use of audio books in developing reading skill.