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Authentic Materials

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Definition of authentic material

Authentic would be material designed for

native speakers of English used in the

classroom in a similar way to the one it

was designedfor

.

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What are authentic materials?

Anybody who takes into the classroom a

newspaper article, an advertisement, a

pop song, a strip cartoon, or even a bus

ticket, is using authentic materials.

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Why should we use authentic materials?

Perhaps the most important is the

students' motivation and interest.

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How to select authentic materials? The first step is that they are motivating or that the

exercises that can be done with them are motivating.

The second linked criterion is that they are not too

ephemeral (short period). If they are already of

historical interest, there seems little point in using

them.

Thirdly, they have to be organized in some way.

Giving them ideas to appreciate their work.

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Advantages of using authenticmaterials in language teaching

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The first one is that by using authentic material, students

are exposed to real discourse.

Secondly, authentic materials keep students informed

about what is happening in the world, so they have an

intrinsic (get to the gist) educational value.

Thirdly, as language change is reflected in the materials

so that students and teachers can keep abreast of such

changes.

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Fourthly, reading texts are ideal to teach/practise minikills such as

scanning, example: students are given a news article and asked to look for

specific information.

Fifthly, different authentic materials such as books, articles, newspapers,

and so on contain a wide variety of text types, and language styles not

easily found in conventional teaching materials.

Lastly, authentic materials can encourage reading for pleasure because

they are likely to contain topics of interest to learners, especially if studentsare given the chance to have a say about the topics of kinds of authentic

materials to be used in class.

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They can help learners bridge the gap from the

classroom lesson to real life by making immediateuse of classroom lessons in their lives.

By exposing learners to authentic language can

help them develop their predication skills and

improve their strategies for dealing with

uncertainty in understanding or using target

language.

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Disadvantages of the using authenticmaterial in language teaching

However, there are disadvantages to

using authentic materials in their rawform without adaptation or support.

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The first disadvantage is the complexity of the

language. Authentic materials may be too culturally biased

(dislike) or too difficult to understand outside the language

community thereby making them inaccessible to

beginners or elementary learners.

The second disadvantage is the learning burden

(difficult). Authentic materials may contain items,

particularly vocabulary, which are of low frequency and of

peripheral use to the learner and may never be

encountered again.

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Regardless of the drawbacks above of using

authentic materials, if our teachers areenthusiastic and take advantage of the benefits

and use them properly and in sufficient

quantities, we may motivate our learners. Thereare many sources of authentic materials, such as

newspapers, magazines, user manuals, leaflets

and brochures, TV and radio programmes, videos,

literature, songs, etc.

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Sources of Authentic MaterialsLiterature

Computer software

The internet

Task

Want ads

Treasure hunt

Menus

Ads in magazinesThe agony column (personal ad)

Travel brochures

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Effective Ways to Use Authentic Materialswith ESL/EFL StudentsWe now have an extensive collection of

materials that include menus, maps,newspaper inserts, store advertisements,

travel brochures, catalogs, phone books, real

estate pamphlets, and various pamphlets of

sightseeing and tourist information.

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Choosing Authentic MaterialsThere are several important points to consider when

choosing authentic materials. You should make sure that

you have enough copies of the materials to be used so that

each student or pair of students can have a copy to use. It isbest not to use material with too many pages, unless the

pages are clearly numbered for easy reference. If you plan to

use the same materials in more than one class, it is

important that they be hardy enough to withstand a lot of

handling and they should be easily refolded and put back

together.

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ActivitiesWord SearchCrosswordsPersonalizingPair PracticeInternet

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Using Authentic Materials: At WhichLevel?At post-intermediate level, the use of

authentic materials is available for use in

classroom. This might be attributed to the

fact that at this level, most students

master a wide range of vocabulary in the

target language and all of the structures.

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What can be done to overcomedifficulties we face?Teachers may use authentic materials for the

learners to listen for the gist of the

information presented and also he adds that

by using authentic materials teachers will

have the opportunity to encourage studentsto read for pleasure especially certain topics

of their interest.

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Why Should We Use CulturalContent?Cultural content provides exposure to living

language that a foreign language studentlacks. So, culture is not something consisting

of facts to be learnt, but a helpful tool to

make learners feel the need to speak and use

the target language.

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How Can We Deal with Problems?

Today, English teachers have a lot of choices in

terms of textbooks, and it is surprising that many

of them rely on uninteresting textbooks that

focus students' attention on grammatical

structures, and on practice in isolation. Also, the

activities chosen are based on teacher-talk andstudent-listen routines.

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How Can We Introduce Cultural Content inOur Classrooms

The key point is that we should create a

relaxing environment where our studentscan discuss their own culture together

with the target culture in meaningful andcommunicative tasks and activities.

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Sources and Techniques for CulturalContent

Practical techniques and a wide range of

sources for teaching culture in the EFL

classroom using three different parameters,namely, information sources, activity-types

and selling-points and the role of role-play

in teaching culture for classroom suggesting

quick steps for classroom implementation.

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Lists sources of cultural information:

Newspapers

Video

Talks/discussions

Role play/dramatizations

Culture quizzes/tests

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