THE IMPORTANCE OF USING AUTHENTIC MATERIALS IN INCREASING STUDENTS' MOTIVATION IN TEACHING ENGLISH IN GENERAL EDUCATION SCHOOLS
Keywords:
authentic materials, motivation, general education schools, communicative competence, foreign language pedagogy, intrinsic motivation, language acquisition, pedagogical resources, student engagement.Abstract
This article investigates how authentic materials improve student motivation during English language lessons in general education schools. The research combines views from Uzbek and Russian and international researchers to prove that using authentic resources in language teaching brings better results for student motivation. The study results show that authentic materials function as effective teaching resources which connect academic lessons to practical language use in real life and help secondary school students develop their internal motivation and language skills.
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