Abstract
Teaching a foreign language involves not only technical mastery of all speech skills. This, first of all, is facilitated by increased interest and positive internal motivation of the student. The ability to see the prospect of mastering a foreign language is one of the learning tasks. If at the first stage of training at the A1-A2 level there is a high internal motivation, then later, the more complex the material and the influence of external factors such as the choice of profession and others, implicitly affect its decline. The process of systematic support and increasing the motivation of students in learning a foreign language plays an important role. This article presents a theoretical model of increasing students’ motivation through the using of authentic materials in foreign language classes, which is developed as part of the master's thesis “The use of authentic media materials as a means of increasing motivation in foreign language teaching”. The article presents the concept of “Authentic materials”, as well as the “Classification of authentic materials” and their motivational potential. It has been proven that incorporating authentic media materials into foreign language teaching can be an effective strategy for increasing students' motivation and engagement.