چکیده (انگلیسی):

Authenticity and authentic materials are advocated for language teaching extensively.
This criterion is also recommended for English language teaching settings such as
EAP where the students are to deal with real-world and authentic language use. The
present study aims at evaluating the current status of the EAP textbooks and the
materials included in them in Iran by the administration of the authenticity
evaluation checklist. Accordingly, seeking to find data both qualitatively and
quantitatively, the study was conducted to seek for the lecturers’ views on the
authenticity level of the EAP textbooks. Thus, the results of the interview and the
evaluation checklist reveal that although authenticity of context, teacher, student,
and text is deemed as essential by this group of teachers, the current textbooks for
EAP have limited authenticity and in some aspects authenticity is even absent. The
interview results revealed that the majority of the EAP teachers believed that the
current EAP textbooks need to be reengineered and the texts need revision. Thus,
the findings can be used by EAP curriculum designers and materials developers in
taking into consideration the authenticity feature as an important factor in designing
EAP textbooks in future in Iran and in similar language teaching contexts.