Authentic materials usage while teaching reading in english

Abstract

The given article is an attempt to conduct an investigative research of urgent
problems  of  teaching  reading  in  English  while  using  authentic  materials.  The
article dwells upon different contexts of teaching and learning English language as
well  as  upon  authentic  materials  usage  while  teaching  in  student  groups  with
different levels of language competence. It  is also noted that there is a number of
teaching  reading  techniques  which  include  scan  reading,  skim  reading  or  gist
reading, intensive or detailed reading, and reading to infer. All these techniques do
not  contradict  the  using  of  authentic  materials  while  teaching  reading  in  foreign
language, as far as the accent is put on the notion of grading the task, but not the
text.  Apart  from  that  some  of  the  advantages  and  disadvantages  of  authentic
materials  usage  while  teaching  reading  in  foreign  language,  namely  English,  are
considered in the article. Additional attention is paid to the argumentation of the
reasonability  of  authentic  materials  usage  while  teaching  reading  in  English  in
student groups with the language competence of at least Intermediate level.
Key  words:  authentic  materials,  language  competence  level,  scan
reading, reading skills.