The use of authentic material in teaching reading descriptive text: review of literature

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Teachers and Students Perception in Using Authentic Materials 
Strengthening the experiment of authentic materials in teaching, it needs the perspective 
from several sources. According to Firmansyah (2015) based on investigation and survey to 
the student, the thing that determine the student’s attitude doesn’t depend on the authentic 
or non-authentic materials but how it delivered to the students. In addition, the familiarity 
of the topic and level of difficulty can be cosideration for student’s perception towards using 
authentic materials. it corelated to the Oguz & Bahar (2008) statement that material which 
suitable for student and able to attract them must be from many resources. The more they 
being motivated, the more they’ll get higher score. In here, Oguz & Bahar ( 2008) also 
explained that using authentic materials is a chance for student to comprehend the learned 
foreign language better and use it in the real life. Supporting the statement, Allehyani, 
Burnapp, & Wilson (2017) has found the result that using authentic materials refelct how 
english is used in real life in societies UK and USA. Not only that, the survey, based on 
teacher perception, reflected that participant has positive view using authentic materials. 
While according to educational supervisor agreeing that participant prefered used printed 
paper rather than text book (Allehyani, Burnapp, & Wilson, 2017). Moreover, teacher 
participant by providing authentic materials which related use in the daily life language 
would expose student’s language in everyday use (Belaid & Murray , 2015).
Despite all the resarcher, Mudra (2014) there are some disadvantageous using authentic 
material such as the materials are specific and have the higher difficulties for EFL student. 
The solution must be agreed by the student and teacher that authentic material will be 
implemented based on the learning goals and based on student experience learning or 
familiarity topic. Not only that, based on the role of utilizing authentic materials, teacher 
should provide various kind of authentic materials so all the student in any level able 
following the learning process and understandable. It also supported on the Firmansyah 
(2015) review for the future teacher in higher level, it is hoped that able to implement the 
authentic material in accordance with the student’s needs.
Reviewing what the learner’s perception can be conclude that authentic material able to 
improve student’s score in learning process but it need suitable through what student’s need 
and it is hoped that the educator provide based on familiarity topic various startegy how to 
deliver it so the student can catch up the learning goals and being motivated. In accordance 
on teacher’s perception authentic materials should be organized and set up before it is used 
in classroom. The researcher can criticize, based on teacher perception, it’s better to use 
authentic material because of student’s interest. Meanwhile based on the student’s 
perception whether it authentic material or not, if they don’t interest of it then it’s all just the 
same. So, although the teacher uses authentic material to deliver the lesson, it should be fit 
in the real life. Overall, the authentic materials is the best way to use in teaching as long as 
the educator know what the learner’s need and fit the authentic material in the student’s 
level.