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Mexico Bbelt Memories Tomsarney Exploring Authentic Materials
Mexico Bbelt Memories Tomsarney Exploring Authentic Materials
Mexico Bbelt Memories Tomsarney Exploring Authentic Materials
By Tom Sarney
Types of authentic texts Reading texts Listening texts Audio visual texts
Sometimes authentic material doesnt provide a good enough model for language learners
Syllabus restrictions
help bridge the gap between the class room and the real world The course is . based on real needs and interests of the students based on can do statements based on the ALTE framework
Topics
The media Education Varieties of English The cinema The future Politics Gender issues The UK
Look at some ideas for exploiting texts using pre tasks during tasks post tasks
Main task
How could you exploit these two pieces of material considering all the factors so far.
A reading text
A listening text ( with a tape script)