The preference of Using Authentic and non-Authentic Reading Materials to Enhance EFL Learners' Comprehension and schema knowledge at First Semester of Faculty of education Misurata university

Abstract

This study concentrated on the preference of using authentic and non authentic reading materials to enhance EFL learner‟s comprehension and schema knowledge at first semester of faculty of education Misurata university. The data was collected from standard questionnaire on 30 female students English students, by using quantitative method. Based upon the data gathered, students in the group that they have non-authentic material found it difficult to understand and they spend long time to understand it, while the other group that have both the material found the authentic material very interesting when they read it. Therefore, the idea of using authentic material in language teaching is supported among references and many professionals in the field of language pedagogy. Authentic material provides the learners with many significant advantages and promotes them with high motivation and interest in language learning and lead to improving communicative competence.