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