The Effects of Using Authentic Materials on Motivating EFL (English as a Foreign Language) Learners

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  • Gulrahman Sabir Assistant professor, Dari department , Language and literature faculty, Kabul University, Kabul, Afghanistan
  • Fazil Ahmad Hammad Assistant professor, Dari department, Shaikh, Language and literature faculty, Khost, Afghanistan
https://doi.org/10.55559/sjahss.v1i12.75

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EFL learners, authentic materials, learning process, Afghan context, EFL classes

Abstract

This research demonstrates how the usage of authentic materials motivate EFL learners. Furthermore, it covers a literature review on the effect of authentic materials in motivating EFL learners, which will help out English as foreign language professors in designing and teaching their students. In short, the stated chunk of this paper emphasizes on how to use authentic materials in the teaching process to motivate learners.

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Sabir, G., & Hammad, F. A. (2023). The Effects of Using Authentic Materials on Motivating EFL (English as a Foreign Language) Learners. Sprin Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 1(12), 40–48. https://doi.org/10.55559/sjahss.v1i12.75

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Vol. 1 No. 12 (2022): Volume 01 Issue 12, Dec 2022

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