THE ROLE OF AUTHENTIC MATERIALS IN DEVELOPING ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Keywords:
authentic materials, English language proficiency, university students, communicative competence, language acquisition, pedagogical innovationAbstract
The study investigates how real materials help university students achieve their English language proficiency goals. The research results demonstrate that authentic materials which universities use to teach English language courses produce better results in vocabulary learning and grammatical correctness and practical communication abilities once these materials get used across the entire educational program.
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