The fundamental purpose of this study was to examine the influences of aural
authentic materials on listening ability in students of English as a second language. The
secondary purposes of the study were to identify the learning strategies used by ESL
students experiencing authentic listening texts and to determine the influences of
authentic materials on ESL students' attitudes towards learning English. ESL students
attending the High Intermediate Academic Listening and Vocabulary Development class
at a language training center participated in this study. The sources of data for this
descriptive study included interviews, questionnaires, and class observation.