Tefl - Worksheet 14

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WORKSHEET – UNIT 14 Task 1 – State the advantages and disadvantages of authentic and created materials. Which kind of materials would you favour for a class of intermediate students? Why? Authentic Advantages - The material is more real and therefore more interesting to students. - It boosts the confidence of the student when they’re able to understand the material. - It can be geared for a specific set of students, such as teens or adults. - It exposes students to the English used in the ‘real world’. Disadvantages - It is not graded for specific levels. - It could be hard for students to comprehend. - Authentic material might contain informal English, which may confuse students as they are still trying to get to grip with formal English. Created Advantages - Can be graded to the student’s levels - The teacher can include a specific items which are related to the task, thus ensuring that it’s extremely relevant for the students. - It can be used to replace / supplement the content within course books. Disadvantages - As it’s not real, it’s not exposing the students to the type of language that’s being written and spoken in English speaking countries. - Can be very time consuming to prepare such materials for a lesson. - If it’s new material, you can’t be certain that it would be effective. - Unless it’s used with authentic material, you’re limiting yourself quite substantially in the lesson, as you only have access to the materials you created. Task 2 – What do you consider to be the advantages and disadvantages of using course books with a class? Advantages - It’s less time-consuming for teachers as they don’t have to create their lessons from scratch. - It’s what the students expect. - It provides some security for the teachers and students. - With the use of course books, a syllabus is provided that’s graded to the
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