The article deals with the social and humanitarian aspects of personal authenticity in order to determine the interrelation between its basic characteristics and the process of teaching foreign language culture. The analysis of the understanding of the role and place of authenticity in social and humanitarian discourse reveals the main categories of authenticity at the level of subject-object relations, which are manifested in the interaction of the individual and social principles of a personality of a student. The analytical data of the results of the study of the phenomenon of authenticity as the main component in the structure of foreign language education are presented. The main vectors that serve as a support in the organization of teaching foreign culture are defined.The emphasis is made on the process of perception and understanding of sources of socially and culturally significant information in the field of foreign language education. It is concluded that the teaching of foreign language culture should consider equally the authenticity of a student's personality and the authenticity of materials used in the educational process.