Efl instructors' perceptions about authentic materials in English language teaching

Using authentic materials in EFL classes has great importance and impact both on students and on the learning process. With the help of the authentic materials, students are able to use the real language and their motivation increases as they have more enjoyable and meaningful time in classes. Not only the students bu also the teachers take the advantages of authentic materials as they have the chance to create a positive learning environment. These kind of materials help them to take the real world to the class and teachers have less problem to draw their students attention to the subjects they learn. The aim of this study is to investigate state universities' EFL instructors awareness of the effectiveness of authentic materials in their language classes. The study was conducted on 25 instructors from 6 state universities and a questionnaire was used to learn the perceptions of the instructors on the use of authentic materials inEnglish language teaching. The results of the research show that majority of the participants are aware of the importance of authentic materials on language teaching process and use these kind of materials in their classes.