Away from the Course Book: Using Authentic Material

Simon Brooks RSACert TEFLA, Trinity Dip Tesol, IELTS Examiner CELTA Trainer, TKT: 3 Modules Preparation Course Trainer, ATEEL Refresher Course in TEFL Trainer.

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Who are our students?

• Age

• Background

• Previous learning experience

• Style of learning

• Goals

• Preferences

• Learner Needs

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What is the song about? Can you guess what it is?

Look at the Lyrics – how

could we use these?

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I used to know Where the treetops glisten, and children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow I'm dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white

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Exploiting the text

• Content oGap fill

oMatching pictures

oOrdering

oOptions

• Language oVocabulary

oGrammatical structure

oDiscourse

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Structuring reading/listening

• Engage the students: set a clear context

• The text oGist task: general easy achievable task

oMore detailed task: Referencing specific information

to develop deeper understanding

• Productive task. E.g. Discussion on the topic

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Who said what?

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STEPHEN SPEILBURG

MICHAEL MORPUGO

JEREMY IRIVINE

•Being involved with the film was unexpected.

•When we see the horse, we feel we want to help.

• The film is true to the

origins of the story.

Staging Reading/listening

• Engage the students: the poster

• The text

oGist task: predictions after seeing the poster

oMore detailed task: matching

• Grade the task, not the Material

• Productive task.

oWar

o Films

oActing

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