Reading Authentic Texts in a Foreign Language: A Cognitive Model

Swaffar, Janet

doi:10.1111/j.1540-4781.1985.tb02521.x

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“…This is also shared by Bacon and Finnemann (1990) saying that an authentic input is an input produced by and for native speakers of the target language. This is further confirmed by Swaffar (1985) who asserted that for purposes of the foreign language classroom, an authentic text, oral or written, is one whose primary intent is to communicate meaning. In other words, such a text can be one which is written for native speakers of the language to be read by other native speakers.…”

Section: Trends On Authenticitymentioning

confidence: 57%

Towards a New Approach to Authenticity in ELT

2014

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The paper is a theoretical part of a doctoral research study that investigates the authenticity of Business English (BE) teaching materials used in a Tunisian higher education context. The notion of authenticity has been still problematic among English Language Teaching (ELT) researchers and applied linguists. The purpose of the study is attempting to suggest a localized approach to authenticity through the development of a new principled framework of authentic materials that will be valid for the Tunisian intermediate students of BE in the context of English as a foreign language (EFL). In more practical terms, the case study attempts to theorize a framework of authenticity based on surveying the literature on authenticity and subjecting it to a critical appraisal. Thus, an inductive research methodology approach is applied. The findings show that the authenticity of teaching materials is conditionally determined by surveying the profile of the students, their major stakeholders, and the context where materials are to be used. The implication of the study is that authenticity of the course materials is the result of the mediation of the needs and the demands of all the stakeholders and their context, bearing in mind that the teachers are likely to assume a primordial role in such mediation.

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Section: Trends On Authenticitymentioning

confidence: 57%

Towards a New Approach to Authenticity in ELT

2014

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“…Aturan-aturan pengggunaan bahasa itu merupakan bagian dari kempetensi komunikatif yang perlu diketahui oleh SLL, yaitu tentang bahasa dan budaya serta bagaimana metode pendekatan CLT dan menyajikan bahan bacaan otentik untuk SLL menyadari kesenjangan yang besar antara teks buku yang hanya dirancang dengan bahasa rekaan (bahasa yang disusun sendiri oleh pengajar berdasarkan pengalamannya sebagai penutur asli) dan bahasa nyata dalam teks-teks otentik (disurat kabar, majalah, berita, dll) yang tersedia. Akan selalu terjadi kesenjangan dalam pembelajaran bahasa khususnya keterampilan membaca jika bahan bacaan tidak diambil dari sumber asli bahasa yang dipelajari SLL, misalnya dari Koran dan majalah (Swaffar, 1985).…”

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Hubungan Penguasaan Mufradat Dan Tingkat Pemahaman Membaca Teks Asli Bahasa Arab Mahasiswa

Baso¹,

Rahman²,

Haeruddin³

et al. 2016

AJAS

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This research studied the relationship between vocabulary mastery and the level of comprehension in reading Arabic authentic text. This research investigated students' lexical threshold to measure the level of comprehension on Arabic authentic text. The data were collected from 47 participants at Arabic literature department of Hasanuddin University. Three test instruments were given, they are Reading Comprehension Test (RCT) that students were asked to sign unknown word meaning in Arabic texts, answer the questions from texts given, and work on Lexical Coverage Test (LCT) to get accurate word list of unknown vocabularies. The result was obtained through applying regression and it showed that the level of reading comprehension was affected 68% by vocabulary mastery. Also, there were 32% of the students depend on the topic or variables out of the variable of vocabulary that was not measured in this research. Keywords: Authentic text, RCT, LCT, RegressionAbstrak Penelitian ini mengkaji hubungan penguasaan kosa kata dan tingkat pemahaman membaca teks otentik berbahasa Arab. Penelitian ini menyelidiki ambang leksikal (kata diketahui) mahasiswa untuk mengukur tingkat pemahaman atas teks otentik bacaan berbahasa Arab. Data dikumpulkan dari 47 peserta didik di Program Studi Sastra Arab Universitas Hasanuddin. Dalam penelitian ini telah diberikan teks bacaan berbahasa Arab tiga jenis instrument tes, yaitu test Reading Comprehension Test (RCT) dimana mahasiswa melingkari (mewarnai dengan stabilo) kata yang tidak diketahui artinya dalam teks-teks berbahasa Arab, menjawab pertanyaan dari isi teks-teks yang diberikan kepada mereka tersebut dan tes Lexical Coverage test (LCT) untuk mendapatkan daftar yang akurat dari kosakata yang tidak diketahui. Hasil penelitian yang dihitung dengan menggunakan regresi menunjukkan bahwa tingkat pemahaman bacaan dipengaruhi hingga 68% oleh penguasaan kosa kata. Adapun 32% sisanya tergantung dari topic atau variable lain di luar penguasaan kosa kata yang tidak diukur dalam penelitian ini. PendahuluanMembaca adalah salah satu dari lima keterampilan bahasa (mendengar, menulis, membaca, berbicara, dan budaya) yang harus dimiliki oleh pembelajar bahasa kedua (Second Language Leaners yang disingkat dengan SLL). Kelima keterampilan ini termasuk keterampilan membaca harus dimiliki oleh SLL Dallam proses pembelajaran bahasa jika mereka ingin menjadi pengguna yang baik dari target bahasa yang mereka pelajari. Kemampuan untuk membaca dipandang sebagai kemampuan yang paling stabil dan tahan lama dri keterampilan bahasa kedua lainnya (Rivers, 1981). SLL memperoleh sebagian besar kosakata mereka melalui membaca, terutama jika mereka tidak tinggal di negara di mana bahasa target tersebut digunakan. SLL dapat saja kehilangan keterampilan menulis dan keterampilan berbicara mereka, tetapi mereka masih dapat memahami teks dengan membaca (Bernhardt, 1991). Membaca dapat membantu manusia (atau mahasiswa Universitas Hasanuddin dalam konteks penelitian ini) dalam meningkatkan pemahaman budaya. Bahan bac...

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“…What is important here is whether the intended communicative function is achieved or not. (Benson & Voller 1997;Morrow, 1977;Nunan, 1988/9;Porter & Roberts, 1981;Swaffar, 1985) Lee (1995) states that "a text is usually regarded as textually authentic if it is not written for teaching purposes, but for a real life communicative purpose, where the writer has a certain message to pass on to the reader" (p. 324). If communication is to have purpose and be meaningful, it necessitates the input and context to be 'real', in other words 'authentic'.…”

Section: Volume 5 Issue 4 December 2017mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…According to Swaffar (1985), in order for a text to be authentic, it shouldn't be necessarily for native speakers. Any piece of language produced by a real speaker for a real audience, expressing a real message is considered to be authentic.…”

Section: Volume 5 Issue 4 December 2017mentioning

confidence: 99%

Corpus Based Authenicity Analysis of Language Teaching Course Books

Peksoy¹

2017

ijlet

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In this study, the resemblance of the language learning course books used in Turkey to authentic language spoken by native speakers is explored by using a corpus-based approach. For this, the 10-million-word spoken part of the British National Corpus was selected as the reference corpus. After that, all language learning course books used in high schools in Turkey were scanned and transferred to SketchEngine, an online corpus query tool. Lastly, certain grammar points were extracted first from British National Corpus and then from course books; similaritites and differences were compared. At the end of the study, it was found that the language learning course books have little similarity to authentic language in terms of certain grammatical items and frequency of their collocations. In this way, the points to be revised and changed were explored. In addition, this study emphasized the role of corpus approach as a material development and analysis tool; and tested the functionality of course books for writers and for Ministry of National Education.

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Reading Authentic Texts in a Foreign Language: A Cognitive Model

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Towards a New Approach to Authenticity in ELT

Towards a New Approach to Authenticity in ELT

Hubungan Penguasaan Mufradat Dan Tingkat Pemahaman Membaca Teks Asli Bahasa Arab Mahasiswa

Corpus Based Authenicity Analysis of Language Teaching Course Books

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