Introducing Authentic Materials To Develop Student’s Academic Writing Style -the Case Of Third Year Students Of English At Khenchela University

Résumé: Abstract The current study aims at studying to identifying the effect of authentic materials on the development of academic writing skill of third year student in the department of English at Khenchela University. Along a descriptive study, the attempt was to highlight the relation existing between students’ writing skill proficiency and the use of authentic material in the classroom. The questionnaires used on the population of both students enrolled for the academic year 2018-2019, and teachers of English, revealed that authentic materials may occur a significant impact on students’ performance in the writing skill, and make them interesting and motivating to master the language. On the basic of literature reading and field work results, some recommendations have been drawn, in order to attract both teachers’ and students’ attention on the effect of authentic materials on language proficiency, which is later on reflected on their achievement.

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