Authentic Materials In Teaching Examples. Authentic materials are often more recent and can therefore be more interesting to. They can serve as a reminder to learners that there is an entire population who use the target language in their everyday lives.
Tv shows radio commercials news broadcasts documentaries movies phone messages etc. Authentic materials provide real life examples of language used in everyday situations. For example some students may not consider movies and songs as a learning source but entertainment.
In this lesson we will see how authentic learning activities take class material into the real world what some examples of these activities are and why they are so valuable to students.
Teachers also can find authentic printed materials from newspapers and magazines which are full of news articles astrology column sports reports advice columns lyrics to songs etc. When people first think of authentic materials they usually assume that we are talking about newspaper and magazine articles. There are no reading comprehension tests and vocabulary sections at the end of an article to quiz students understanding. Tv shows radio commercials news broadcasts documentaries movies phone messages etc.
