When people learn a foreign language, they usually want to make use of that language to communicate

1.3. The role of the authentic materials in improving communicative competence of ESP learners
As I mentioned in the previous chapter that listening comprehension has a great role in our lives which several strategies and materials are used to improve it. One of the most useful materials used by ESL or EFL learners is authentic materials. Authentic materials as a general definition are materials designed by native speakers to native speakers. Moreover, these materials are very beneficial in helping students learn English language in better ways like pronunciation, speed of speech, vocabulary and other aspects of language. Learners of foreign languages and second ones can also used these materials as an aid to comprehend in effective way especially in dealing with skills. However, listening skill as a key of developing the other skills as speaking can also be improved by those materials. Examples of these materials are : TV, radio and video(s), newspapers, magazines, internet as most used by students⁹.
The authentic materials can be broadly classified into audio, visual, and printed materials. The first type is audio materials which involve those that learners can listen. These can be television programming including commercials, quiz shows, interactive talk shows, cartoons, news, and weather forecast reports and radio programming including interviews, radio advertisements. Another materials involves taped conversations including meetings , short stories , poems and novels, telephone conversations . The second type is visual materials which learners can see. These include photographs, paintings and drawings, children’s art work, pictures from magazines. The third type is printed materials which includes news papers (articles, advertisements, sports' reports, movie review, TV guides, recipes, notices, etc), restaurant menus, travel guides, Greeting cards , letters , and bus schedules.
Examples of authentic materials:
Radio and television: are a powerful medium in which learners can practices several skills as listening. They provide naturally the effective factor so crucial to language acquisition.
News papers: are printed materials, they can be daily, weekly or monthly. They are the most easily, available and accessible of the new media. News papers are probably the best single source of information about the contemporary culture of a country.