Authentic Materials for Teaching Languages

Below is a list of some of our favorite online authentic materials.
- Music
- Television and Videos
- Podcast and Radio
- Magazines and Newspapers
- Children's Literature and Folklore
- Games and Fun

Sirirat 033 3EN

Authentic materials are any materials that exist in the real world for native speakers in English. Examples of authentic materials include:

Newspapers and advertisements
Bills and receipts
Official letters and forms from governments or businesses
Maps and directions
Prescriptions and instructions
Written notes and messages

Rungphet031 3EN

The materials is benefits for learning languages,especially the authentic materials.
"Authentic" is mean real materials which students can touch and use it along their learning.
It has

- newspaper
- Bills
- Maps and directions


Papassorn Waijan 050 3EN

To sum up the advantages of authentic materials for teaching languages

• Help prepare learners for the ‘real’ world of communication

• Guide learners toward the language they need for their particular context

• Motivate learners to communicate, because they help make communication ‘real’.


Soraya 036 3EN

Authentic materials are very importance for teaching languages. Students can see the real things by themselves.

These are the advantages of authentic materials:

• Help prepare learners for the ‘real’ world of communication;

• Guide learners toward the language they need for their particular context;

• Motivate learners to communicate, because they help make communication ‘real’.




Patcharaporn 025 3EN

Authentic material is very necessary for students. It helps them learn by the real one.
It also motivated student to pay attention and understanding the lesson. Here are some example of authentic material.
- fruit
- label
- menu
- newspaper
- magazine


Sakolsupa 035 3EN

These are some of the activities you can do using authentic material.

Want Ads
A series of 4-5 want ads can be used with adults in the following way: beginners are asked to say which of the jobs they could qualify for, intermediate students can write an application letter or write a C.V., and advanced students may discuss who in the class could qualify for the job and why, re-write the ads or role-play job interviews.

Treasure Hunt
Students get a news or magazine article and a sheet of paper with a series of questions so that they look for certain items: dates, events, people involved, etc.

Ad in magazines
Guessing the product. In this task, the teacher cuts out advertisements from magazines, hides the products being advertised and shows them to learners one by one to see if they can guess what product is being advertised. To practice specific vocabulary, the teacher gives learners three or four options per ad.

Peerapong 054 3EN