The Importance of
Authentic Materials
Authentic Materials
Their role and integration into
world language curriculum
Saturday November 2, 2013
Presented by Ed Weiss
it’s all about comprehension

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today’s agenda
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Authentic materials - definition / evolution

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What the experts are saying - Identifying our needs

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Teaching strategies - Using technology to share resources

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Finding authentic materials
an inspiration
a passion....
a passion...
smart board?
multi-media w/slides?
the latest videos?
student copies?
listening?
latest magazines?
Authentic materials are...
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those designed for native speakers. They are real text
designed not for language students, but for the
speakers of the language in question. (Nunan)

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stretches of real language, produced by a real speaker or
writer for a real audience and designed to carry a real
message. (Harmer)

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“appropriate” and “quality” in terms of goals, objectives,
learner needs and interest and “natural” in terms of real
life and meaningful communication. (Rogers)
A partial list...
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online articles

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charts / graphs / maps

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videos

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magazines / newspapers

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films

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music

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advertisements
Audio Sources
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Radio interviews

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General interest podcasts

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PSAs

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Brief lectures

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Audio guides - museums, travel
comprehensibility & relevance are #1
Written sources
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Literary texts

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Journalistic articles

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Letters

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Ads

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Instructions

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The above may be combined with maps, charts, or table
ACTFL.ORG GUIDELINES
EXAMPLE: Students listen to authentic audio clips featuring
native speakers describing an event, and can match the oral
description to a picture, or put pictures in the order of the
sequence of events as described.
EXAMPLE: Students read several authentic menus and identify
which would be appropriate for different people based on
likes/dislikes and special dietary needs.
EXAMPLE: Students browse the website of a current popular
magazine in a target language country.They identify the emotions
of the people in the photo based on their interpretation of visual
and linguistic cues and then discuss their findings with their
classmates.
Multiple-choice (50% of total score): 65 items in 9 sets
4 reading

Ap exam overview

2 listening and reading combined
3 listening

Section 2 (Interpersonal and Presentational Communication)

Free-Response (50% of total score): 4 items
Interpersonal Writing
College Board tells us...
A la recherche....
How the ap exam
has changed
has changed

Students will work with a greater variety of authentic materials, both print and audio, reflecting
the linguistic and cultural diversity of the French-speaking world.

Literary and journalistic texts but also announcements, advertisements, letters, maps and tables.

Scripted dialogues but also radio interviews, podcasts, public service announcements, brief
presentations.

Criteria for selection are comprehensibility (accent, pace, minimal background noise/overlap) and
relevance to a course theme and to a topic that could interest students.

Materials will be reasonably chosen, but will also reflect a range of cultural perspectives and linguistic
the six themes
advantages of using
authentic materials
authentic materials
• students are exposed to real discourse / real language
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they keep students informed about real world issues

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many can be scaffolded for various levels

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they contain a wide variety of topics and language styles not
found in conventional teaching materials

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they showcase the culture of target language areas

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they interest and engage students
disadvantages of using
authentic materials
authentic materials
our challenge
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Finding the appropriate authentic materials

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Integrating them into our curriculum

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Providing access to these materials for our students

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Interacting with our students via technology

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Utilizing technology in our classrooms
A new look at Bloom’s Taxonomy
the networked teacher
what teachers say...

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3 phases of technology teaching
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Phase 1
best practices when using
materials

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Advanced Organizer - a pre-reading or pre-listening
teaching aide that prepares the students for what is to come
Tema curricular: La belleza y la estética
Introducción
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best practices part 2
ongoing assessment
ongoing assessment

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Formative Assessment on Ed’s site
best practices part 3
Scaffolding authentic resources
FOR FRENCH II

A listening activity - French IV
Speakers:

Emotions:

Relationships among the speakers:

Type of listening:
yabla

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Agriculture verticale

Thème: Les défis mondiaux
Yabla download

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using video in class
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Youtube video converted with Keepvid then placed on your
website, embedded on a powerpoint, stored on your
desktop

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Using youtube / keepvid

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Thèmes: La Vie Contemporaine /Les Défis Mondiaux
using televised ads

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scaffolding this ad
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NOVICE
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INTERMEDIATE
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uncomplicated tasks / short utterances / brief descriptions

predictable, concrete topics / evidence of different time
frames, basic Q & A on familiar topics

ADVANCED
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sustained narration & description, ease of expression
including opinions and observations
la chanson - c’est du lourd

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Thème: La vie contemporaine
helpful music links
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Top 50 French songs

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Lengthy list of French songs linked to themes & language

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Spanish song / video site linking language concepts to media

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50 songs for learning Italian
convert youtube videos to audio
(mp3)
handbrake

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Kirikou

Thèmes: La quête de soi / La famille et la communauté
3 phases of technology teaching

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Phase 2
voicethread

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A collaborative multimedia slide show that holds videos,
images and documents and allows people to leave
comments in various ways
voicethread

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L’injustice par Garou

Thème: La famille et la communauté
L’Injustice activities
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Novice
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Intermediate
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simple descriptions of scenes, objects, actions

basic statements and questions about the video in variety
of time frames

Advanced
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opinions/observations, apply to your life
l’injustice - 3 modes of
communication
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Presentational

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Interpretive

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Interpersonal
prezi presentation

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Prezi on métissage
glogster presentation
3 phases of technology teaching

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Phase 3
slideshare

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Slideshare on Bib!!
Interacting with students 24/7

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Lingtlanguage

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This program allows teachers to use video, text and voice to
prompt an audio student response
lingt capabilities
wordle
podcasting
yodio & audioboo
yodio & audioboo

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Ed’s podcasts
a model of a themed-based unit
featuring authentic materials
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Select a primary text / resource
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short story, article, abridged novel, film/video

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Enrich the unit with a variety of materials

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The result - a culturally rich, engaging unit
Ed’s themed unit
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Themes - contemporary life, global challenges

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Primary source - George Simenon’s Maigret et le Clochard

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Supporting materials - informative websites, audio
interviews, music videos and lyrics, news videos,
voicethreads, wordle, statistics, maps, teacher created
advanced organizer

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Let’s see how it works
ipads for world language
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Numerous apps for all levels

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Immediacy of apps & online access

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Grammar, news, listening & reading comprehension

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Document sharing via Google Docs
language resources
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news sites

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international organizations

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national / tourism sites

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podcast sites

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govt

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assorted sites
ed’s spanish links

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30+ links to enrich your curriculum
ed’s italian links

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My new list for Italian teachers
news sites
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RFI

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BBC MUNDO

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TV5 MONDE

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ABC.ES

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RTL
rfi - langue francaise
abc.es
tv5 monde
bbc mundo
bbc french
rtl
international organizations
naciones unidas
medecins sans frontieres
red cross
restos du coeur
national / tourism sites
la belgique
que ver en madrid
france diplomatie
tourisme.fr
podcasts
french podcast list
bibliotheque nationale
culture box
ielanguages
la voix des jeunes
canal academie
a rich site
a rich site (Spanish)
suny cortland site
chansons
spanish songs (163)
university of toronto
French resources

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Pinterest
pinterest for Spanish
my contact information

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Google “Ed Weiss Haverford”
Tab on left bottom “authentic materials”

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My email - edweiss@comcast.net

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Workshops on technology integration, WL curriculum
building, French resources, AP strategies, 3 modes of
curriculum, using Ipads in WL classes

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