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What do learners need teachers for anyway?
Authentic Materials and Colloquial Language in the Internet Age
Dr. Cynthia MartinAssociate Professor of Russian
University of Maryland
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Key questionsO Who are your learners?O What are their goals? (Outcomes)
O Interpersonal Speaking and ListeningO Interpretive Listening O Interpretive ReadingO Presentational SpeakingO Presentational Writing
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Why should we teach/learn colloquial language?
O Because it is authentic language!= by native speakers, for native speakers
O It is culture-rich
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Authentic Sources on the Internet
O Virtually infinite, since they are constantly being produced
O Up-to-dateO Accessible 24/7 for most learnersO Many rich with colloquial language across topic
domains, for exampleO TV programs (both informational and
entertaining)O MoviesO Radio broadcastsO NewsO . . .
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No lack of access…
but increased access doesn’t automatically translate to increased language acquisition
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So why do learners need us?
O What do they need us to do that they cannot do for themselves?
O Consider how different our answer to this question would have been in the pre-Internet age.
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They need us to… O Diagnose current strengths and weaknesses
(they don’t always know what they know and don’t know what they don’t know )
O Help them to define goals and set realistic expectations
O Be a guide in the selection of materials based on goals and interests
O Explain the linguistically inexplicable (including grammar)!
O Provide opportunities for application and practice
O … … … …
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Challenges for us ‐ we need to…
O Stay current (easier said than done)O Individualize materials for individual learners
(teaching to the whole class)
O Constantly create and/or update instructional materials based on constantly changing input
O Help learners develop strategies to be effective/efficient language learners so they need us less and less, especially as their proficiency levels increase
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