Authentic Materials In Foreign Language Teaching. Authentic material is any material written in english that was not created for intentional use in the english language classroom. There are several reasons for this primarily a kind of fear that students will panic when faced with language that is largely unfamiliar and a feeling that to prevent this the language should be edited to the students level.
Authentic materials are often more recent and can therefore be more interesting to students as they pertain to current events that are of interest to them. 6 adaptable activities using authentic foreign language materials 1. Authentic texts can be quick and easy to find.
Using authentic materials is one of the mainstays of an imaginative and motivating higher level course but rarely features at levels lower than intermediate.
Authentic materials provide real life examples of language used in everyday situations. There are several reasons for this primarily a kind of fear that students will panic when faced with language that is largely unfamiliar and a feeling that to prevent this the language should be edited to the students level. This exercise is a triple threat. This article reviews some of the wide ranging issues and research surrounding authentic.
