Tentang Authentic High Interest Visual Material.
AUTHENTIC MATERIALS
Authentic
materials: “Sometimes called “authentic” or “contextualized”, real-life
materials are those that a student encounters in everyday life but that weren’t
created for educational purposes. They include newspapers, magazines, and Web
sites, as well as driver’s manuals, utility bills, pill bottles, and clothing
labels.”
Authentic materials are materials created for native speaker of the language
and use in a class in its original form and design. In other words, they are
not changed in any way. Whereas genuine materials are authentic materials
adapted for a class, e. g. jumbled paragraphs, cut out headlines etc.
Martinez
listed following pluses and minuses:
Advantages:
- Students are
exposed to real language
- There is
factual acquisition from most of them
- Textbooks do
not include inaccurate language
- Authentic
materials may be inspirational for some students
- One piece of
text may be used for various activities and tasks
- Wide choice of styles, genres and formality in authentic texts
- They can
motivate students to read for pleasure
Disadvantages:
- May be difficult to understand because of a culture gap
- The
vocabulary may be not exactly what the students need
- They are
rather difficult for beginners
- Preparation is often demanding and time consuming
- There are
many various accents and dialects in listenings
- The
materials become outdated quickly (news)
Sources of authentic materials
Newspapers,
menus, magazines, the Internet, TV programs, movies, CDs, songs, brochures,
comics, literature (novels, poems and short stories), catalogues, leaflets,
tickets, postcards, bills, receipts, wrappings, recipes, business cards,
labels, stamps, etc.
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