The advance of technology has provided teacher with a range of opportunities to improve student listening skills, such as audio visual. It has positive impact for students during listening class. This study aims to explore the effectiveness of using audio visual in improving listening skill. The research was conducted to discover students’ perceptions on the use of audio visual in English listening class and the challenges that faced by students. A qualitative approach was used as a research design to conduct the study. The participants in this research were ten students of second grade in Al-Manar Islamic Boarding School and the data were gathered by interview. The findings of this study show that most students in this study perceived audio visual in listening class was very beneficial for learning process. Listening to audio recordings and watching videos in class helped them to learn English in a more engaging and interactive way. The challenges faced by students when using audio-visual in listening class that most students encountered various difficulties, including struggling to understand unfamiliar vocabulary and phrases that are not commonly used. The lack of familiarity with the vocabulary used in the videos posed a challenge for the students.