REALIA - AUTHENTIC MATERIAL
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| France - 2005 |
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| China 2014 |
Authentic materials are all the things or objects that we can show in the classroom used like unique materials. I really like to use them in class. In the first part, the teacher with the children uses the dolls which wear uniforms, as a help to teach vocabulary and the clothing is the REALIA as the unique method, students enjoy the dolls, she inquires using questions and answers about the different boys and girls. Even if she makes in different ways after many repetitions, students' speech slowly emerged. I use this in my class with adult learners, too. In the next example, students can bring their own REALIA to class, using different objects students can describe their material in a short time with basic words. It is also a good way to let them speak about their likes or dislikes. It’s good for student’s confidence; teachers can also gradually collect different REALIA Material to use in class.
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| Ecuador -2008 |
As a second part, we can analyze how to work with a Project-Based Learning provided and created with Authentic Materials like text, brochure, album, picture, newspaper or books similar to the Tourism Students. I think it is the only way to motivate them to use REALIA MATERIAL with their own reality and creativity. I usually use and adapt to this kind of material and activity in my class because many students get involved and helped each other in making it. Finally, the results are really amazing the way they show their creativity, the projects stay in their own school, library collection or help to other students showing this material in the wall like vocabulary posters or calendars or putting them in a corner from different subjects like support for teacher and students.
Viewing points or Images are also Authentic Realia Material however there are different kinds of images, for example, photographs, maps, charts, drawings, posters, bulletin boards, comics, etc. The Best idea in order to plan a journey and make a world map cut pictures out of magazines make a plan where to go and what to do. Also biographies, or bulletin work, school holiday, Put all these and other ideas in the wall with their own creativity sounds pretty nice.
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| China April 01st-2014 |
Multimedia Material in the way how we choose, use and construct authentic material in any activity let us to develop integrated skills; high-interest content, range of learning modalities and the use of technologies, whether they are low-tech or high-tech, can offer more interactivity than texts, give students the chance to use a variety of different skills, and enrich the curriculum with interesting content. All of this sounds good to me, however, for a simple reason in a simple homework, I don’t like the way they use PPT’s (PowerPoint Presentations) because I think it is much better if they can use their own creativity without any kind of technology most of the time, in the end, the result is much rewarding for them.
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| Expo Frances - UCE 2013 |
Nevertheless, there are some guidelines to consider for choosing Authentic Multimedia Material for example the Interest to age, point of the lesson, usable language style, available locally, good quality picture and sound. The results they’re always the best to guide the teaching purpose. All of these examples show how to use REALIA MATERIAL accurately in the target language and culture in the teaching/learning process.
So do we have the creativity to do use it day by in-class outside from the text book?
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Wilson P. Chiluiza Vásquez
Questions at MOOC Online Course
ReplyDeleteWhile talking about authentic multimedia materials I ocassionally use PPT's as each classroom of our school is provided with a computer . I am creating my own PPT's according to the topic, for example today I have shown a PPT to my seventh graders on the topic ''TV versus Computers'' , the slides included good quality photos, one or two-sentence texts, muliple choice and questions such as ''are you for or against?'''' Why do people watch TV ?'', ' similarities and differences of these technological advances'' and so on. My learners got highly and effectively motivated and started talking and even debating on the target topic in English I don't think that giving a PPT as an assignment is a good idea , the learners will get concerned HOW to make that PPT rather than what to write there.
While talking about REALIA, i have a question, can a radio program be considered a realia ? Yesterday i tried with my ninth graders to listen to a radio program while there were reading the same material on their worksheets. I explored the linkhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/081222_download.shtml
and downloaded the pdf and mp3 concerning to ''the English We Speak on the tip of my tongue'', they were very intrigued because they were used to watching videos then discussing them, but this time there was no video , it was a radio program so that they had to grab al their attention to listen to it and read the text while listening.
My reply at MOOC course with other partner's idea at the end:
ReplyDeleteOK totally agree the about PPT most of them get concerned about HOW to do it rather than what to write, however I consider is much useful to show them how to resolve this particular issue. For Example tomorrow I have a class with young-adult learners, in which I have to explain about -My country my town- I’m going to collect some photos and images from my country to show them in a PPT then make a brochure using this images with some extra material glue, scissors, and paper. At the end they can select the best choise. PPT or brochures.
About the Radio program or MULTIMEDA in my personal opinion the most and relevant is the interest to age and the way how do we use in class constructing authentic activities. Because in the video working with children, we can realize that the REALIA material is the –Uniform- so it’s only the object to take students’ attention getting involved into their reality. At the end is the way how to use this info similar to the (PTTs) which means (WHAT)-Method and Methodology. (HOW)
In my case, I should have guided them to make a real event, news, forecast, interview, etc. Creating a real environment in a real context. Imitating a famous TV or radio speaker. Providing them new vocabulary words to use in context with target language so my AUTHENTIC MATERIAL would be my environment.
Video and audio materials are very useful in the process of teaching English as a Foreign Language.Unfortunately in countries like my country,Mauritania, these kind of materials are not always available.Once, i recorded the VOA radio programme News in Special English.When I managed to typewrite the original text, it becomes a very useful support for listening, reading and even for building vocabulary, which helped me also enhance students' interests in learning english.I think that using authentic material or real life situations are the best if not the only way to teach a language. In fact we can say that the child use and follow naturally and unconsciously that process without the intervention of any instructor.Then what happens? He succeeds of course.So, i think that our final aim should be tranforming classrooms into real life situations. If that proves to be impossible, the reverse way is possible indeed;Tranforming all real life situations into calssrooms.That means to actually use REALIA by not bringing elephants into our classrooms but by visinting zoos or even travelling abroad to make learners experience, touch and live what they are learning.This is the ideal REALIA.
Probably is not the last word =)
Thanks for your time and sharing your opinions.