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ISSN: 2502-3225 
 
 
Proceedings of the 2
nd
 National Conference on English Language Teaching (NACELT)
IAIN Palangka Raya, 14 November 2016

  
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end, if they only encounter artificially forced dialogues and listening texts, their 
learning task would be made more demanding. It is vital that students listen to and 
read authentic material of as many different kinds as possible. This will empower 
them by conveying the content and the subject matter of life and enable them to 
discover the key connection between the classroom world and the world beyond.s 
How to integrate authentic materials in the classroom?
The following strategies are modified from the publication, creating 
Authentic Materials and Activities for the Adult Literacy Classroom: A Handbook 
for Practitioners, which can be free downloaded from 
www.ncsall.net
. 
1.
 
Begin with a needs assessment or need analysis 
The first step in using authentic materials is recognizing students, teachers and 
institution’s needs and objectives. This can be done in many ways. Arranging 
personal interviews with students, conducting weekly learner focus groups and 
discussions or managing needs assessment questionnaires or surveys. 
Regardless of the method of assessment, the key objective is to identify each 
student’s objectives. Teachers may need to make several efforts and reframe 
questions many times before students narrow their responses from an abstract, 
“I want to learn to read” to a more detailed, “I want to be able to read road maps 
and freeway signs so I can travel outside of my neighborhood.” 
2.
 
Engage students to contribute in identifying authentic materials.
Students may be confused when the teachers ask them to bring order forms, 
vouchers, recipes, and other non-school materials into the classroom. They may 
think these materials inappropriate for school, based on their earlier academic 
practices or their cultural perspectives. Yet the teachers can engage them in 
conversations about the logic for using authentic materials and ask them to 
collect and bring authentic materials to into the classroom to support learning 
objectives.