Materials For Language Teaching. Story books make great teaching learning materials. Many foreign language newspapers are available online so you can access articles in just a few clicks.
In addition cunnings richards 2003 summarized the role of materials particularly textbook in language teaching as a resource for presentation materials activities for learners practice and communicative interaction for learners on. Authentic materials are texts audio clips or videos that were created for a native speaking audience as opposed to a student audience. Broadly speaking any device that helps teach can be called a teaching aid.
Think novels news interviews movies and cookbooks.
Materials development for language teaching filled this gap by providing an opportunity for researchers teachers writers and publishers to communicate their informed views and suggestions to an audience seeking to gain new insights into the principles and proced ures which were informing the current writing and exploitation of l2 materials. This second edition brings it completely up to date and expands on the original book. Authentic current event stories are some of the easiest materials to get your hands on for the foreign language classroom thanks to modern technology. It will be easier for you to identify the appropriate instructional materials and activities that you need for every topic and objective.
