authentic Matrials and online resourse

1. AUTHENTIC MATERIALS AND
ONLINE RESOURCES FOR ELT
BHAVNESH MAHYAVANSHI
SHREE.G.H.SANGHVI EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE
B.ED SEM 2

2. WHAT ARE AUTHENTIC LANGUAGE
MATERIALS AND WHY USE THEM?
• AUTHENTIC LANGUAGE MATERIALS ARE SIMPLY TEXTS, AUDIO AND VIDEO THAT
HAVE BEEN DESIGNED FOR NATIVE LANGUAGE SPEAKERS. UNLIKE TRADITIONAL
MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED ESPECIALLY FOR SECOND LANGUAGE
LEARNERS, THEY AREN’T STRUCTURED IN A SPECIAL WAY AND THEY DON’T USE
SPECIFIC GRAMMAR OR VOCABULARY BECAUSE THEY ASSUME THAT THE READER
CAN UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE USED TO A NATIVE LEVEL.

3. HOW TO CHOOSE AUTHENTIC ENGLISH
LANGUAGE MATERIALS FOR YOUR ELT
STUDENTS?
• LOOK FOR HIGH-QUALITY AUTHENTIC MATERIALS.
• WHEN IT COMES TO FINDING AUTHENTIC LANGUAGE RESOURCES FOR YOUR
STUDENTS, THE FOLLOWING RESOURCES ARE HIGHLY RECOMMENDABLE
• NEWSPAPERS (ONLINE/OFFLINE): THESE CAN BE A USEFUL SOURCE OF TEXTS ON A
VARIETY OF TOPICS. VISIT THE SITE WORLD NEWSPAPERS TO FIND MATERIALS SUITED
TO BOTH BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH
• BOOKS: THE ONLINE BOOKS LIBRARY HAS LINKS TO ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEXTS AND
COLLECTIONS OF ALL SIZES. YOU SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER VISITING YOUR LOCAL
LIBRARY FOR BOTH PHYSICAL BOOKS AND DIGITAL BOOKS.

4. • MAGAZINES: MANY ENGLISH LANGUAGE MAGAZINES HAVE DIGITAL VERSIONS
THAT CAN BE ACCESSED ONLINE FOR FREE. READER’S DIGEST, NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC AREGREAT SOURCES OF LEARNING MATERIALS.
• PODCASTS: PODCASTS ARE A GREAT SOURCE OF AUTHENTIC ENGLISH
LANGUAGE MATERIALS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY COME ACCOMPANIED BY A
TRANSCRIPT. BBC’S ‘THE WHY FACTOR’, ‘THIS AMERICAN LIFE’ FROM THE USA,
AND CANADA’S ‘TAI ASKS WHY’. IF YOU NEED A TRANSCRIPT, YOU CAN
CONSIDER USING GOOGLE DOCS’ VOICE TYPING TOOL.

5. SELECT THE RIGHT TEXTS FOR LANGUAGE
TEACHING
• ONCE YOU’VE FOUND SOME INTERESTING MATERIALS, YOU’LL NEED TO BEAR A
FEW POINTS IN MIND BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION. THESE ARE:
• THE LEVEL OF YOUR STUDENTS: THE MATERIALS NEED TO BE CHALLENGING
ENOUGH BUT NOT OVERWHELMING THE COURSE CONTENT YOU WISH TO FOCUS
ON: WHAT TOPIC, VOCABULARY OR GRAMMAR POINT TO YOU WISH TO COVER ?
• YOUR STUDENT’S INTERESTS: WHAT DO YOUR STUDENTS ENJOY READING
ABOUT OR LISTENING TO? WHAT ARE THEIR ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS? CULTURES?
TRADITIONS?
• YOUR STUDENTS’ AGES: THIS WILL AFFECT WHAT TYPES OF MATERIALS THEY
CAN RELATE TO.
• THE LENGTH OF THE MATERIAL: SHORTER IS USUALLY BETTER, ESPECIALLY WITH
LOWER LANGUAGE LEVELS.

6. ONLINE RESOURCES
• KAHOOT
• FUN GAMES THAT HELP BUILD THE
LANGUAGE AND SKILLS YOUNG
LEARNERS NEED AT PRE-A1, A1 AND
A2 LEVELS. USE THEM IN ONLINE
LESSONS, IN THE CLASSROOM, OR
SET THEM FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY

7. • TED TALKS ARE QUITE POPULAR, AND WITH THIS WEBSITE, STUDENTS
CAN FIND ANY NUMBER OF VIDEOS RELATED TO A TOPIC THEY ARE
INTERESTED IN. EACH VIDEO IS ACCOMPANIED BY A LESSON THAT
INCLUDES COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS TO CHECK FOR
UNDERSTANDING AS WELL AS OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS AND LINKS TO
EXPLORE MORE ABOUT THE TOPIC. MOST OF THE VIDEOS ARE PRETTY
SHORT, SO YOU CAN EASILY WATCH IT TWICE IF YOU NEED, AND YOU
CAN USUALLY FIND THE TRANSCRIPT AS WELL.

8. BRITISH COUNCIL
• IF YOU ARE AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER OR ELT PROFESSIONAL, THE
BRITISH COUNCIL HAS LOTS OF FREE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT YOUR WORK.
• YOU CAN DOWNLOAD FREE LESSON PLANS AND CLASSROOM MATERIALS; GET
TIPS, ARTICLES AND INFORMATION ABOUT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
CONFERENCES AND QUALIFICATIONS. ALSO, YOU CAN JOIN DISCUSSION GROUPS
AND ACCESS TRAINING MATERIALS.

9. SOCIAL MEDIA