Designing authenticity into language learning materials / Freda Mishan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mishan, Freda.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teaching--Aids and devices.

Teaching.

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol ; Portland : Intellect Books, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book puts forward an authenticity-centred approach to the design of materials for language learning. The premise of the approach is that language learning should be based on authentic materials drawn from a variety of genres found in the target language culture, and that the learning tasks involving these materials should be correspondingly authentic, by entailing interactions that are consistent with the original communicative purpose of the authentic text. It provides both a theoretical grounding to the authenticity-centred approach, and demonstrates its practical application in a teach

Contents:

Preliminary Pages; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One: Authenticity in language Learning; Chapter Two: Authentic Texts for Language Learning; Chapter Three: Authentic Texts for Language Learning; Chapter Four: Authentic Texts and Authentic Tasks; Chapter Five: Literature; Chapter Six: The Broadcast Media; Chapter Seven: Newspapers; Chapter Eight: Advertising; Chapter Nine: Song and Music; Chapter Ten: Film; Chapter Eleven: ICT; Appendix One; Appendix Two; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610476756

9781280476754

1280476753

9781841509044

1841509043

OCLC:

70733079