USE OF

AUTHENTIC
MATERIALS IN
AN ENGLISH
CLASSROOM
by ROZINA QURESHI

WHAT IS AUTHENTIC MATERIAL?

According to Nunan (1989:54),

Authentic material is any material which

has not been specifically produced for the
purpose of language teaching and this
easily differentiates it from courseboook
materials.
For example,

Newspaper, Magazines, Articles,

Reviews, Reports etc.

What is Non-Authentic Material?

Authentic text is a text that was
created to fulfil some social purposes in
the language community in which it
was produced.
For example,
Fiction
Literary Texts

DIFFERENCE B/W AUTHENTIC &

NON-AUTHENTIC MATERIALS
Authentic Materials

Non- Authentic Materials

Real

Artificial

Spontaneous

Contrived

Motivated

Static

Produced in real life for

Communicative purposes

Written by authors as a text for

teaching purposes

WHY WE USE AUTHENTIC

MATERIAL?
To

make language learning more enjoyable;

To

make the language learning experience

more meaningful and relevant;

To

enable students to learn about the culture

of the country where the target language is
spoken.

GUESS THE CULTURAL CONTEXT ???

CHILD LABOR
Child labor is not a new issue in Bangladesh as children here
remain one of the most vulnerable groups living under threats of
hunger, illiteracy, displacement, exploitation, and trafficking, physical
and mental abuse. Although the issue of child labor has always been
discussed, there is hardly any remarkable progress even in terms of
mitigation. 17.5 percent of children aged 5-15 are engaged in
economic activities. Many of these children are engaged in various
hazardous occupations in factories. Owners prefer to employ children
as they could pay them less and also able to keep their factories free
from trade unionism. A child laborer gets 400 to 700 Taka (1 USD =
70 taka) per month, while an adult worker earns up to 5000 per month.
(GMB Akash. Child Labor, Bangladesh.
VERVE PHOTO. May 19, 2008)

Q/A SESSION
What is Child Labor?
What are the disadvantages of child labor? Any
two.
In what ways, child labor subjugates the children
of south Asian societies?
Point out those issues which are great threat for
Bangladeshi people?
Do you have any suggestion to remove the curse
of child labor?

PRODUCTION STAGE (GUIDED

WRITING SKILL)

HOW TO WRITE JOB APPLICATION

To

write down the application in response to the

following job advertisement published in the
daily Jang.

Points to remember:
Focus on key job requirements
i.e. to talk about the advertisement
Mention your Basic Qualifications
i.e. to talk briefly about yourself
Requesting for the selection

FOLLOW UP
Select

any authentic material of your own choice

and illuminate, with the help of suitable
examples, how it can be exploited in a language
classroom.

Thank You
You
Thank