The Effectiveness of a Program Based on Authentic Digital Dialogues in Developing Student Teachers' English Listening Skills

The current study aimed at developing English listening skills for third year English major students at faculty of education, Beni-Suef University through using authentic digital dialogues. The pre-post control group design was used in the current study. The study participants consisted of (60) third year English major students at faculty of education, Beni-Suef University. Then they were divided into the control (n=30) and the experimental group (n=30). The students of the experimental group received English listening instruction through a program based on authentic digital dialogues which was designed by the researcher for the purpose of the study, while the students of the control group received regular instruction. The instruments of the study include: a listening checklists and a pre/post listening test. The result showed that there was a statistically significant difference at the level of 0.01 between the mean scores of the control and the experimental group in overall listening skills as well as in each listening skills which means that using the program based on authentic digital dialogues in the current study is effective in developing third year English major students at faculty of education English listening skills. Recommendations of the study and suggestions for further studies were provided.