authentic materials
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Can you feel the power they hold?
Can you see the various forms they take?
Do you know exactly how to use them?
Probably not yet, but that’s exactly what I’ll share with you here!
As ESL teachers, we have many helpful ESL resources to aid our classroom
teaching. And we’re lucky we can take advantage of technology to find excellent
ESL teaching tools online.
But a great ESL teacher will also recognize the limitation of ESL materials and try
to introduce authentic materials to expose students to English in the real world.
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What Do Authentic English Materials Look Like?
Unlike the ESL materials, worksheets, study guides and other lesson plans you
download from the web,
authentic materials are resources created for native
speakers of the target language.
There are no reading comprehension tests and vocabulary sections at the end of an
article to quiz students’ understanding.
To get your mind thinking of all the possibilities, authentic materials can include:
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Listening:
TV shows, radio, commercials, news broadcasts, documentaries,
movies, phone messages, etc.
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Visual:
photographs, art works, signs with symbols, postcards, picture books,
etc.
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Printed:
restaurant menus, newspaper articles, bulletin board advertisements,
company websites, coupons, sales catalogues, travel brochures, maps, telephone
books, signs, blogs, movie posters, food labels, etc.
Here’s a bonus tip: For a great selection of authentic videos, head over to FluentU.
FluentU
takes authentic videos—like music videos, movie trailers, news and
inspiring talks—and turns them into personalized language learning lessons.
You can try FluentU for free for 2 weeks. Click here to check out the website or
download the iOS app or Android app.
Try FluentU for FREE!
You can browse videos by difficulty (beginner to native), topic (arts and
entertainment, health and lifestyle, etc.) and format (video blog, news, shows, etc.).
Students can get the most out of the clips by spending time in FluentU’s unique
“learn mode” before or after watching a video to learn all that the clip has to offer.
“Learn mode” takes a student’s learning history into account, asking questions
based on what he or she already knows, which sets students up for success.
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