For years, many language classrooms have relied on carefully pre-designed textbook dialogues — tidy, predictable, and safe. But the world our learners inhabit is anything but pre-designed. They scroll through real posts, real comments, real headlines. They want to use language, not just study it. This is why authentic texts are no longer a “nice extra” in MFL. They’re essential — and the research backs this up. Authentic texts connect learners to real language When students