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The effect of authentic materials on the motivation of EFL learners
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This article describes a classroom research project to investigate whether authentic materials increase the classroom motivation of learners, a claim often made but rarely, if ever, tested. A definition of motivation relevant to teachers was adopted-learner interest, persistence, attention, action, and enjoyment. Two beginner-level EFL classes participated, and both used authentic and artificial materials alternately. Results from two observation sheets and a self-report questionnaire indicate that while on-task behaviour and observed motivation increased significantly when authentic materials were used, self-reported motivation only increased over the last 12 of the 20 days of the study. However, learners also reported authentic materials to be significantly less interesting than artificial materials.
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- Authors
- Peacock, M.
- Venue
- ELT Journal
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1997-04-01
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 144-156
- ISSN
- 0951-0893 (ISSN-L)
- 1477-4526
- OpenAlex
- W2013984263
- Cited by
- 543
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 25.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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