use of authentic materials in elt class
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USE OF AUTHENTIC
MATERIALS IN AN ENGLISH CLASSROOM
by ROZINA QURESHI
WHAT IS AUTHENTIC MATERIAL?
According to Nunan (1989:54),
Authentic material is ‘any material which has not been specifically produced for the purpose of language teaching’ and this easily differentiates it from courseboook materials.
For example,Newspaper, Magazines, Articles, Reviews, Reports etc.
What is Non-Authentic Material?
Authentic text is ‘a text that was created to fulfil some social purposes in the language community in which it was produced.’
For example,
FictionLiterary Texts
DIFFERENCE B/W AUTHENTIC & NON-AUTHENTIC MATERIALS
Authentic Materials Non- Authentic Materials
Real Artificial
Spontaneous Contrived
Motivated Static
Produced in real life for Communicative purposes
Written by authors as a text for teaching purposes
WHY WE USE AUTHENTIC MATERIAL?
To make language learning more enjoyable;
To make the language learning experience more meaningful and relevant;
To enable students to learn about the culture of the country where the target language is spoken.
GUESS THE CULTURAL CONTEXT ???
CHILD LABOR Child labor is not a new issue in Bangladesh as children here
remain one of the most vulnerable groups living under threats of hunger, illiteracy, displacement, exploitation, and trafficking, physical and mental abuse. Although the issue of child labor has always been discussed, there is hardly any remarkable progress even in terms of mitigation. 17.5 percent of children aged 5-15 are engaged in economic activities. Many of these children are engaged in various hazardous occupations in factories. Owners prefer to employ children as they could pay them less and also able to keep their factories free from trade unionism. A child laborer gets 400 to 700 Taka (1 USD = 70 taka) per month, while an adult worker earns up to 5000 per month.
(GMB Akash. Child Labor, Bangladesh.
VERVE PHOTO. May 19, 2008)
Q/A SESSION
What is Child Labor? What are the disadvantages of child labor?
Any two. In what ways, child labor subjugates the
children of south Asian societies? Point out those issues which are great threat
for Bangladeshi people? Do you have any suggestion to remove the
curse of child labor?
PRODUCTION STAGE (GUIDED WRITING SKILL)
HOW TO WRITE JOB APPLICATION To write down the application in response to the
following job advertisement published in the daily Jang.
Points to remember: Focus on key job requirements i.e. to talk about the advertisement Mention your Basic Qualifications i.e. to talk briefly about yourself Requesting for the selection
FOLLOW UP Select any authentic material of your own choice
and illuminate, with the help of suitable examples, how it can be exploited in a language classroom.
Thank You