Résumé:
The present dissertation attempts to shed light on both teachers’ and, more importantly, students’
beliefs and attitudes towards the effectiveness of using songs in enhancing their listening ability.
English songs are often used as audio materials that help learners to gain mastery over the listening
competency which is heavily relied on as determinant factor in language learning success. This study
is carried out through a qualitative methodology which relies on both the questionnaire and the
interview as data collection tools. The questionnaire was distributed to a sample of second (2nd) year
LMD students at the department of English in Mila University Centre. As far as the interview is
concerned, it was held with three oral expression teachers at the same department. The results of both
the questionnaire and the interview seem to corroborate the hypothesis in the sense that both students
and teachers hold positive attitudes towards the usefulness and feasibility of listening to songs in
fostering foreign language (FL) students’ listening abilities. At such, the hypothesis set at the outset
of the study turns out to be confirmed.
