Demonstrates how authentic materials improve communication skills in language learners, implying greater engagement.
The use of appropriate authentic materials can be highly motivational for students in carrying out meaningful tasks in the foreign language classroom. In addition, such materials provide valuable exposure to real-world language models which, while potentially challenging, nevertheless give language learners useful models that can prepare them to communicate outside of the classroom. The practical classroom activities outlined below give several examples of how, over multiple lessons, students interacted with various types of authentic texts to create extended output in the target language. Suggestions for further uses of authentic materials are also provided.
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