2. What is Authentic Material?
It is all that we use in our real life,
real context.
3. Adapting Authentic Material?
ss` level of knowledge
ss` ages
At lower levels
Children
Simple tasks and undemanding
pre-teach key vocabulary
Young
At more intermediate levels
Adult pre-teaching
At higher levels
vocabulary
4. Material adaptation
Teacher should make changes to
autenthical materials for improving and
make more understandable to
students.
Teachers can modify or adding the
information.
5. How to select authentic materials?
selection criteria
they are motivating.
they do not forget easily.
they have to be organized in some way
they have to be selected in terms of their
language and content.
6. How to use authentic material effectively
in the classroom
1. Use recent material that is not dated
2. Choose material that you can find several copies
3. Choose relatively short/concise material
4. Laminate or choose material that will be able to
withstand over time
5. Choose material that is appropriate for the age level
6. Questions/exercises to accompany the activity
7. Have students work in groups
7. Activities
Activities using cultural objects
postcards, photographs, symbols, and images in
song lyrics.
Listening activities
listen conversation and complete a worksheet
Lestening/viewing activities
Video clips
Interactive simulation
In the airport
8. Conclusion
Authentic materials is an important
way in order to improve the skills
because help bring the real world
into the classroom. However, it
must be selected and controlled
carefully.
