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Using Authentic Materials
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Jo Gakonga
What are authentic materials?
What aren’t authentic materials?
What’s wrong with this?
John: How long have you been collecting butterflies?
Mary: I've been collecting them since I entered secondary school.
John: How many butterflies have you collected?
Mary: I've collected about four hundred foreign ones.
John: Are there any rare ones among them?
Mary: Yes, there are some. I got them in Thailand.
John: My hobby is playing football.
Mary: How long have you been playing it?
John: I've been playing it since last year. I can play it pretty well now.
Mary: Another hobby of mine is cooking.
John: Will you cook me a meal?
Mary: Yes, of course!
Is this better?
What kind of food does this woman like?
I absolutely adore fish, particularly white fish, such as sole or haddock, cooked in a little white wine, with some garlic and lemon. Recently, I’ve been experimenting with Japanese recipes, particularly raw fish. Oh, and I love vegetables such as courgettes, broccoli and asparagus and fresh green beans. But I hate them overcooked. Oh, and I’m terribly fond of pasta, but it must be freshly made!
So why use authentic materials?
• A natural model – encourages them to be better readers/ listeners.
• This is the final aim – what they will have to do eventually
• Ss who read and listen extensively acquire language faster/ better
• motivating if successful• topic can be topical/ interesting
Problems
• Level – demotivating if too difficult• Work for the teacher…can date quickly
Solutions
• Choose your material carefully… http://twurdy.com/ http://1000words.net/index.php?showimage=21 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2085838/Ben-Fogle-explains-travels-man-today.html
• Grade the task….
Solutions
• Edit the text…
..shorter…lexically easier
Task examples - Receptive
SkimmingScanningLooking at text organisation
eg paragraphing, topic sentences, etc.
Listening for gistlistening for specific information
Task examples - productive
Speaking - discussion on issues arising from the text Roleplay based on the scenario
Writing - using the article as a model responding in writing
Task examples
• Language
– Vocabulary– Grammar– Discourse analysis
http://scottthornbury.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/c-is-for-construction/
Websites
Ready to go…
• Lessonstream.org• Breakingnewsenglish.com • www.guardian.co.uk/education/tefl
Websites for more extensive reading, listening outside class
Listening• Lyrics training• Elllo• TED• VYou
Reading• Guardian• Daily Mail• 1000 words• Storybird