MAKING THE MOST OF AUTHENTIC MATERIALS

Abstract

Organising teaching materials in such a way as to maximise motivation for learning, and to do so within an effective framework, is a preoccupation familiar not only to textbook and materials writers, but to all teachers who wish to realise their full creative potential in the classroom and to engage learners actively in the learning process. There is a need to select materials which provide a challenge to the students and are relevant to the purpose for which they are learning the language, and at the same time, it is necessary to ensure that the materials concerned succeed in forming the pattern of an integrated lesson or course book unit.