Attitude of English teachers toward using realia materials in English foreign language classroom at Baghdad University

الملخص EN

This research has performed to examine how English teachers at Baghdad University value the role of realia materials.

Also, this explored why some English teachers use authentic materials more than the others and whether the research participants think such materials facilitate or hinder students language acquisition.

The data was collected by open- ended questionnaires and interviews.

The sample of the research is 40 English teacher at Baghdad University .It was found that a majority of them hold positive attitudes towards the use of realia materials.

However, the frequency of using them varies from teacher to teacher owing to different reasons.

One significant finding of this research is that with prudent text selection, realia materials can be effectively used with learners whose English proficiency is considered “bad” and “very poor”.

The research has important because it shied a light about using useful technique in English classroom.

Also, the research has showed the reasons behind not using realia materials by English teachers.