MODERN REQUIREMENTS OF AUTHENTIC MATERIALS IN EFL/ESL CLASSROOM

Abstract

The present article discusses demands of today on authentic materials to implement for ELT classes. Authentic materials and their usage in communicative teaching is stressed in the paper relatively. ELT is effective when it is obtained in communicative approach, which is based on the premise that language first and foremost is a tool for communication. From this perspective, to assess student proficiency designed tests can be tailored to include items which possibly measure the students` communicative ability in all levels of language.