1. The document discusses using authentic materials to improve students' writing skills in English. It aims to make learning more motivating and help students see the real-world uses of English. 2. Authentic materials are everyday objects like newspapers, menus, and websites that were made for native English speakers, not language learners. They make teaching writing more interesting and absorbing for students. 3. The study found that using authentic materials in the classroom raised students' motivation levels and participation. Teachers were able to apply modern techniques to teach writing skills effectively.

2. Allam Iqbal open University
Islamabad
Program: Diploma TEFL
Semester Autumn 2015
Course: The Language Skills-I
Code: 5659
Muhammad Rehan
BD560653
01-KBR-0011
Submitted To: Madam Qudsia Ghori

3. OBJECTIVE OF STUDY
1. To improve the writing skills.
2. To make students more motivated to learn the
English language skills.
3. To give them awareness about the usefulness of
authentic materials e.g. newspaper, art, weather
reports, horoscope etc.
4. To bring the native culture and traditions in the
classroom.
5. To make them feel as the users of the language
rather than a mere learners.

4. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
1.This study provides useful information about
the use of authentic materials in classrooms.
2. It provides modern techniques for teaching
of writing skills in the classrooms
3. It helps both students and teacher to
improve the writing skills.

5. WHAT IS WRITING?
Writing in the strict sense of the word is
derived from speech, and is, in fact, an
imperfect visual representation of it, for
such purpose as communication at a
distance and the keeping of records.
Writing is the only conventional device for
recording sounds.
Writing is something, which has an aim,
purpose and meaning to convey. It is not
just a grammatical exercise and a
sequence of sentences.

6. AUTHENTIC MATERIALS
Authentic Materials are language materials that
were originally intended for native speakers,
not second-language learners.
Nunan and Miller (1995) define authentic
materials as those which were not created or
edited expressly for language learners. This
means that most everyday objects in the target
language qualify as authentic materials.

7. IMPORTANCE OF AUTHENTIC MATERIALS
There are various ways, means and techniques
involved in teaching writing. Authentic
materials are one of those but are very
interesting, absorbing and motivating. It is
diverse in nature and has a variety of things to
offer. It has become popular for last decade or
so and is a very impressive technique in
teaching L2 in the classrooms.

8. • Train Schedule
• Business Cards
• Labels
• Menus
• Brochures
• Receipt
• Literature
• Internet
• Websites
EXAMPLE OF AUTHENTIC MATERIALS
• Pictures of Road Signs
• Weather reports news
• Televisions Programs
• Radio Broadcasts
• Film
• Music
• Currency
• Newspapers
• Sports reports news etc

9. RESEARCH STRATEGY
Qualitative research methodology is used in this
research.
POPULATION
The population consisted of students of 10th
Class both male and female.
From Shah-E-Hamdan College of Commerce
Mirpur

10. LIMITATIONS & DELIMITATION
For this study only one college is selected from
Mirpur City.
DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENTS
The data collection instrument were exercises. The
complete survey is provided in Appendix .
DATA PRESENTATION
Data is presented in text form.

11. LESSON PLAN FOR WRITING SKILLS
A detail Lesson Plan is made to teach
writing skills.
Which is submitted to Madam Qudsia
Ghori.

12. WRITING ACTIVITIES
Activity 01: Writing skills practice: A CV

13. Activity 02: A Magazine Article
01: Write the words in the correct
order to make questions.
1. is What exactly bullying?
2. do Why like behave bullies
this?
3. the bullying? are What
consequences of
4. a you tell teacher or Should
parent?
5. stop can What do bullying? to
people

14. Activity 03: At the Library
01. Match the words to the questions and write a–d next to the number 1–
4.
1…….. Name: a. How old are you?
2…….. Surname: b. What’s your second name?
3…….. Age: c. What class are you in?
4…….. Class: d. What’s your name?

15. Activity 03: At the Library
02. Check your understanding: true or false:
1. This card is for the school library.
2. The girl's first name is Jones.
3. She is 13 years old.
4. The school library closes at lunchtime.
5. The library is not open at the weekend.
6. You can take DVDs for longer than books.

16. FINDINGS
1. The use of authentic materials in the classroom to raise
the motivation level of the students.
2. These are real life communication.
3. The teaching methodology applied is both encouraging
and exciting.
4. The teachers used the modern techniques in the
classroom.
5. Students’ participation during the lesson is very high.
6. They are able to produce a piece of written work.
7. Students activate their mind to think, observe and depict
their original ideas in the form of words.
8. Teachers devise the activities for teaching of writing skills.

17. RECOMMENDATIONS
1. The textbook should be supplemented with appropriate
authentic materials to make them more stimulating and
inspiring to the students.
2. Authentic material is a useful and ideal starting point in the
classroom.
3. It holds great promise for learners who direct their
attention on practical language use.
4. Teachers should use authentic materials in classrooms to
arouse students’ interest.
5. Students should be encouraged to participate in the class
activities.
6. Teachers should be given adequate training to make them
teach language in an effective manner and style.

18. CONCLUSION
Writing is a literacy skill and a complex form of self-
expression. English is a common language being understood
and used for communication in the world. It is considered as a
key to success. The college students in Pakistan have taken
twelve years coaching for English language but do not have
mastery in English writings. Commonly, they take it just to
pass the examination instead to have hands on practice. If the
language teachers should use authentic materials for the
purpose of teaching writing skills, students defiantly learn and
understand this skill easy and express their ideas in a better
way.

19. Thank You!