A presentation given at CSCFTL 2015 on Saturday, March 14th on using authentic texts and semi-authentic texts appropriately in World Language settings. Please email jackeedomoe@zoho.com if there are questions.

1. Making the Most of
Authentic Texts
Jaclyn Orozco-Domoe
jackeedomoe@zoho.com
@srajojava

2. What will we talk about...
What makes a text?
What makes an authentic text?
Using texts to anchor a unit in
a cultural context.
Using authentic texts in the
interpretive mode.
in the presentational mode.
in the interpersonal mode.

3. What makes a text?

4. What is an authentic text?
An authentic text is...
● Real.
● Native-speakers.
● Motivating.
● Complex.
● Cultural.

5. What is an authentic text?
An authentic text
is...http://coerll.utexas.edu/methods/modules/cu
lture/02/texts.php

6. What is an authentic text?
“Usually taken to mean a text which was not written for
the language classroom, and which hasn’t been
messed with – it retains its original vocabulary and
grammar, and bits of the text have not been cut out.
Preferably it is unprocessed, i.e. not retyped, so it still
looks the same as it always did: the same font and
graphics. In other words, authentic texts are written for
any purpose other than language learning, and are
intact rather than processed, adapted, or simplified.”

7. What is an authenticity?
Broader Concept…
Think Check MATE!
Authentic Materials
Authentic Audience
Authentic Texts
Authentic Evidence

8. Anchoring a Unit

9. Anchoring a Unit

10. Anchoring a Unit

11. In the Interpretive Mode...
Some example assessments…
● Level 1-Second Semester
● Level 4-First Semester Listening
● Level 4-Second Semester Reading.
● Cloze
● Word Cloud, Key words
● Self-curated Vocabulary
● Comprehension Questions/Detail ID
● Cultural Discussion

12. In the Presentational Mode...
Multiliteracies….The Elements of Design...
The following three notions of design allow us to create patterns of
meaning from the multi-literacies around us.
Available designs
...include the grammars of language, various semiotic systems, and
film, photography and gesture, which we draw from as creators of
design.
Design
Here we use the existing designs to create the new.
The Redesigned
The finished product of our work.

13. In the Presentational Mode...
Mediterránea. Olímpica.
Catalana. Internacional. Gaudí.
Vanguardia. Congresos. Románica.
Picasso. Moda. Ramblas.
Cosmopolita. Bimilenaria. Diseño.
La Sagrada Familia. Pau Casals.
Playas. Dalí. Liceo. Flotats. Miró.
Catedral. Bohigas. Costa Brava.
Nocturna. Gótica. Cultural.
Industrial. Libros. Bofill. Conciertos.
Abierta. Teatro. Exposiciones. Tapies.
Deportes. Puerto. Festivales.
Fuentes. Monjuïc. Montserrat Caballé.
Ferias.
Tibidabo. Museos. Modernismo.
Parc Güel. Fútbol. Todo, en Barcelona.

14. In the Presentational Mode...
As Research…
An environmental research task for
Spanish 4.
Research Sample.
Presentational Task Follow.
One Example (In Progress)

15. In the Presentational Mode...

16. Once Again...

17. In the Interpersonal Mode...
An available
design…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uNt4diwGfk
As a topic of
conversation...http://vimeo.com/28940051

18. In the Interpersonal Mode...
Photo I took in San Antonio, TX

19. What will we talked about...
What makes a text?
What makes an authentic text?
Using texts to anchor a unit in
a cultural context.
Using authentic texts in the
interpretive mode.
in the presentational mode.
in the interpersonal mode.

20. Where to look for authentic texts?
● Change your vantage point
● Mis Cositas
● Proverbs
● Realia Collections
● TV networks
● Ask for them...audios
● More ideas
● Almost there…
● Online news & magazines