Authentic Materials and the Role of Fixed Support in Language Teaching: Towards a Manual for Language Learners. CLCS Occasional Paper No. 20.
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| Title: | Authentic Materials and the Role of Fixed Support in Language Teaching: Towards a Manual for Language Learners. CLCS Occasional Paper No. 20. |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Little, D. G., Singleton, D. M., Trinity Coll., Dublin (Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies. |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 30 |
| Publication Date: | 1988 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Evaluative Opinion Papers |
| Descriptors: | Computer Oriented Programs, Grammar, Instructional Materials, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Student Interests, Student Needs, Teaching Guides |
| Abstract: | While there are powerful arguments in favor of using authentic, essentially ephemeral materials in second language learning, there may also be a significant need for fixed support in addition. Recent research in Ireland suggests a student-perceived need for instruction in grammar that, in combination with authentic materials and other kinds of information about the language, can substantially advance language learning. The proposed solution is a text exploitation kit, available to teachers and learners, with detailed, step-by-step instructions for creating didactic materials from authentic texts. Such a manual would have three sections: the first non-language-specific, dealing with learning in general and language learning in particular and offering a number of strategies for promoting more effective learning; the second language-specific and containing reference material relating to the language system in question and its principal sociocultural contexts of usage; and the third language-specific but constructed of a battery of text-exploitation "recipes" designed to mediate between the manual's first and second sections and authentic texts. The manual could be in print form or use computer technology. (MSE) |
| Entry Date: | 1990 |
| Accession Number: | ED316033 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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