ESOL Teaching Skills TaskBook Using authentic material: Unit 5 a) Ž LJŽƵ ƐŽŵĞƚŝŵĞƐ ĨĞĞů ƚŚĂƚ LJŽƵ ƵƐĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ďŽŽŬƐ ĂƐ Ă ĐƌƵƚĐŚ ƌĂƚŚĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ƉŽŝŶƚ ŽĨ ĚĞƉĂƌƚƵƌĞ ĨŽƌ ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͍ /Ĩ ƚŚĂƚ͛Ɛ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐĞ͕ LJŽƵ ŵĂLJ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ŵŽƌĞ ůĞƐƐŽŶƐ ďĂƐĞĚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ĂƵƚŚĞŶƚŝĐ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ŝŶ LJŽƵƌ ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ͘ dŚŝƐ ůĞƐƐŽŶ ůŽŽŬƐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶƐ ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ĂŶĚ ŽƵƚůŝŶĞƐ Ă ƉƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ŚŽǁ ƚŽ ĞdžƉůŽŝƚ ĂƵƚŚĞŶƚŝĐ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůƐ ĨŽƌ ĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵ ƵƐĞ͘ dĂƐŬ ϭ ʹ :ĂŶ͛Ɛ ŵŝdžĞĚ ĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬ Jan used an authentic newspaper article with her learners. Some students said they really enjoyed reading some “real English”. However, others said they found the text too hard and indicated they would like to stick to the course book in future.
Can you help Jan? What should she do? Jot down your ideas and suggestions on a note pad, then look at the answer key below.
dĂƐŬ ϭ &ĞĞĚďĂĐŬ ^ƚŝĐŬŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ďŽŽŬ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ĞĂƐLJ ŽƉƚŝŽŶ͘ dƌLJŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƵƐĞ ĂƵƚŚĞŶƚŝĐ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ĂŐĂŝŶ ŝƐ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐŝŶŐ ĂƐ ŵĂŶLJ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƌĞƐŝƐƚĂŶƚ ƚŽ ŝƚ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ ƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ƚĂƐŬ ƚŚĂƚ :ĂŶ ƵƐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƚŝĐůĞ ǁĂƐ ƚŽŽ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐŚĞ ŵĂLJ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌ ŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƚĂƐŬ ŵŽƌĞ ƐƚƌĂŝŐŚƚĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ ĨŽƌ ǁĞĂŬĞƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘ /ƚ ŵŝŐŚƚ ĂůƐŽ ƉĂLJ ƚŽ ůĞƚ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŬŶŽǁ ǁŚLJ ƐŚĞ ŝƐ ƵƐŝŶŐ ĂƵƚŚĞŶƚŝĐ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů͘ /Ŷ ŽƚŚĞƌ ǁŽƌĚƐ͕ ƐŚĞ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ͞ƐĞůů͟ ŝƚ ƚŽ ƐŽŵĞ ĚĞŐƌĞĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐ ǁŚŽ ĨĞůƚ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ƚĞdžƚ ƐŚĞ ƵƐĞĚ͘
<ĞLJ ^Ŭŝůů hƐŝŶŐ ĂƵƚŚĞŶƚŝĐ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ǁŝƚŚ ůĞĂƌŶĞƌƐ ĐĂŶ ĂĚĚ ǀĂƌŝĞƚLJ ƚŽ Ă ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ŝĨ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŽ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ŽĨ ƚŚŝƐ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ͕ ŝƚ ŶĞĞĚƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŝŶƚƌŽĚƵĐĞĚ ŐƌĂĚƵĂůůLJ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƌĞĨƵůůLJ͘ dŚĞ ŶĞdžƚ ƚĂƐŬ ǁŝůů ŐŝǀĞ LJŽƵ ŝĚĞĂƐ ŽŶ ŚŽǁ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ͞ƐĞůů͟ ĂƵƚŚĞŶƚŝĐ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ƚŽ LJŽƵƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘
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