The Importance of Authentic Magazines in Developing Learner`s Reading Skills Case study: Business students at Kasdi- Merbah University in Ouargla

Abstract

This Master`s dissertation seeks to establish a better realization of magazine role as authentic material in enhancing reading skill. The aim of the study indeed was to draw on what is specified the use of magazine as teaching material over other natural sources because they all have something in common. Magazine- related activities then engage students in enjoyable practices of the language based on a variety of text types and language styles. Further, magazines can keep students up-to-date with English language use and the latest world news and information. In this regard, the existing body of the research includes three parts; the first part presents an overall view of authentic materials use specified by authentic magazine and its effective use in English classroom, the second part then tackles the major reading components involving reading authentic texts as language data, and the third one assigns the practical part of the study in which reading task conducted reveals particular finding and results about reading magazine. From the results drawn on second year master business university students, one can declare that students were attracted by magazine subject content and the full-colour picture in which may serve as a tool to stimulate students’ reading strategies.