217 Effectiveness of Audio-visual Aids in the Teaching of Listening Comprehension in Government Day Secondary School, Gwagwalada, Nigeria Doi: https://doi.org/10.31920/2634-3649/2024/v14n4a10 Adeyiga Abisoye Adedoyin Department of Languages and Arts School of Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa Akpan, Udoh James* udohja2000@yahoo.com Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Criminology, School of Applied Human Sciences, College of Humanities, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, KZN, South Africa Mkhize, Sazelo Michael Senior Lecturer, Department of Criminology, School of Applied Human Sciences, College of Humanities, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, KZN, South Africa African Journal of Development Studies (AJDS) Published consistently since 2012 ISSN 2634-3630 E-ISSN 2634-3649 Indexed by IBSS, EBSCO, ERIH PLUS, COPERNICUS, ProQuest, SABINET and J-Gate. Volume 14, Number 4, December 2024 pp 217-237