Module teaching and integrating language skills lesson 1

Ways of using authentic materials

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  Exploit language to develop vocabulary, raise awareness of grammatical patterns/collocations/connected speech etc.
  
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  Encourage students to personalise chunks of language taken from the text.
  
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  Correct the mistakes/improve the text.
  
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  Analyse the text structure and/or style (text/genre analysis).
  
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  Develop skills in the same way as you would with non-authentic materials (e.g. coursebook texts).
  
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  To promote discussion about the content of the text.
  
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  As warmers for writing lessons (videos from BBC Breaking were particularly recommended)
  
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  Top-down: start from the context and move towards the language.
  
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  Bottom-up: start from the language and move towards the wider topic.
  
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  For enjoyment! Extensive reading/listening practice.
  

Activity 3. Getting acquainted (through reading) with some examples of activities on the basis of authentic materials and creating their own on the offered type of the authentic material (for example, menus, brochures, extracts from fiction or newspaper so on )


Objective: To make Ss get acquainted with some activities on the basis of authentic sources and allow them to create their own activities with the authentic material and present them to the class.