The effect of authentic materials on the motivation of EFL learners

Peacock, Matthew

doi:10.1093/elt/51.2.144

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“…Peacock (1997) mentions several reasons why authentic materials are essentially important in teaching foreign language: first, they prepare learners for real life. Second, they meet learners' needs.…”

Section: Authentic Materials In Efl Contextmentioning

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Authentic Materials: Teachers’ Perception and Why It Matters

Yavani¹

2017

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Abstract:The goal of learning English language in a class is to demonstrate the use of the language in real life application. Hence, the teaching and learning process must reflect, in such away, fits the reality. This calls for the use of real materials or authentic materials (AM) in the teaching and learning process. Though the positive result has been yielded by many researchers, the implementation of AM in teaching and learning English is not implemented fully in EFL setting. This research is conducted to investigate how teachers' perception toward the use of authentic material in teaching and learning process. In depth -interview toward eight EFL school teachers, observation and documentation toward 4 English teachers are done to get the necessary data. In addition, focused group discussion (FGD) is done to triangulate the data. The finding showed that teachers perceived the important use of AM. Yet, they mostly fail to define what is AM and how it is implemented in the classroom. Their perception and action somehow do not match revealing a conclusion that they don't' fully understand what is AM; moreover the misconception of why it should be implemented matter the most. Keywords: Authentic Materials (AM), EFL School teachers, teachers' perception BACKGROUNDEnglish language became one of the subjects to be taught in our curriculum since 1970s, the teaching procedure had implemented several approaches from grammar translation method, audio-lingual method, communicative approach, and genre based approach and the current approach (applied in Indonesia), a scientific approach. These methods have sounded changes in the way teacher taught EFL to students. Yet, the most interesting fact about the teaching and learning process emerged when it comes to communicative approach where in this approach the term authentic material begin to exist and profoundly applied during the teaching and learning process of EFL. Moreover, this approach focused on how the teaching and learning English in the classroom really useful when real situation is engaged. Krashen (1983) implied that Native-like fluency is what all learner and teacher expect to have. However, learning second language could be exciting and productive, yet it could be vice versa; painful and useless. The difference of both lies in how students learn the language and how teachers teach the language. Krashen above indicates the importance of creating condition where native like conditioning occurs.

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Authentic Materials: Teachers’ Perception and Why It Matters

Yavani¹

2017

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“…( Peacock 1997). The purpose is to stimulate students"idea, encouarage them to relate themselves with real-life experiences and develop topics in ways that articulate their ideas and aplicate them correctly.…”

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“…They are "…materials that have been produced to fulfil some social purpose in the language community." (Peacock (1997).…”

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Authentic Material and Automaticity for Teaching English

Widyastuti¹

2017

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“…Any attempt at understanding utterances in isolation from the discoursal contexts in which they occur will be incomplete and piecemeal as learners are denied the opportunity of seeing the systematic relationships between form, meaning, and use (Nunan, 1998). Therefore, educators and pioneers in language teaching assert the importance of introducing authentic texts into the learning situation (Widdowson, 1979;Littlewood, 1981;Nunan, 1987Nunan, , 1998Peacock, 1997). Authentic materials help learners realize the communicative value of the grammatical structure being acquired.…”

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Detecting and Correcting Unmotivated Tense Shifts by EFL English-major Jordanian Undergraduates

Abu-Joudeh¹,

Asassfeh²,

Alshaboul³

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Abstract-A multi-dimensional process, writing demands that the writer coordinate several dimensions at a time, including grammar. Particularly in dealing with tenses, a good number of English-major EFL learners find it challenging to maintain a consistent tense during a writing task. They are usually unaware of the fact that tense shifts are necessary in some contexts but unnecessary in others. Students need to know that when they cast an essay in one tense, they need to remain consistent throughout. The researchers developed and administrated a grammatical error detection and correction test to 270 Jordanian English-major undergraduates with the aim of assessing their ability to detect and correct unmotivated tense shifts. Descriptive (percentage, mean, and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (t test and One-Way ANOVA) were used for data analysis using SPSS 20. The results revealed that the easiest tense type to identify was the simple past while the most difficult was the simple present. As for correction, the easiest was the simple past whereas the most difficult was the present perfect. The results also showed significant differences associated with students' GPA, academic level and perceived grammatical knowledge.

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The effect of authentic materials on the motivation of EFL learners

Cited by 362 publications

References 7 publications

Authentic Materials: Teachers’ Perception and Why It Matters

Authentic Materials: Teachers’ Perception and Why It Matters

Authentic Material and Automaticity for Teaching English

Detecting and Correcting Unmotivated Tense Shifts by EFL English-major Jordanian Undergraduates

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