APPLYING AUTHENTIC MATERIALS IN TEACHING LISTENING

Abstract

This article attempts to describe the application of Authentic Materials (AMs) in teaching listening. Those materials contain the materials presented on news (radio), television, movies, songs and internet. The choice of using AMs is due to the fact that it has a lot advantages for lecturers and students. In this study, AMs are used to teach listening for English department students of Pancasakti University of Tegal. The result shows that through AMs, the lecturers can provide large materials to be learnt by students and they can support them to activate their critical thinking in learning listening. The students feels enjoy, comfortable and interested on the materials given. The lecturer’s creativity, furthermore, is needed to motivate the students to learn English as the foreign language as well as to increase their listening achievement.