ilmore (2007) defines authenticity as 'the language produced by a real speaker/writer for a real audience, conveying a real message'. For Richards and Schmidt (2002), it indicates the degree to which materials have the natural speech or writing qualities; thus it is 'synonymous with genuineness, realness, truthfulness, validity, reliability, undisputed credibility, and legitimacy of materials or practices' (Tatsuki, 2006: p1). The word 'authentic' refers to anything that was originally produced for a no