Abstract: This research was aimed to examine the effect of authentic materials on the students’ motivation to read. At the same time, it was conducted to know their perception after being taught using the authentic materials in reading class in English as a Foreign Language context. The students of English Department at Halu Oleo University Kendari who programmed Reading II course were identified as the participants in this research. It was consisted of 22 students who enrolled in the second semester of the year. To collect the data, two techniques of data collection were used observations, and administering questionnaires.