Best Strategies for Effective Listening in Teaching EFL Classes The Case of First Year Middle School Teachers of English in Algeria

Abstract

Listening in foreign language classes is an active process, which requires attention. Learners, who listen carefully during listening lessons or activities, are expected to reach their aims in listening comprehension; to do so, the instructors should be familiar with the most effective strategies to be used in the listening process, and base their teaching on authentic materials, which helps the learners to engage in the social communication outside the classroom, in which the main goal of teaching a foreign language is to be used in real life situation. In order to present a successful listening lesson, it should be organised and prepared according to arranged stages. It is obvious that learners face some problems during their learning of listening, the teachers’ role, in this case, is to facilitate their learning and help them to overcome these problems.