IH World Teacher Development – Teaching YLs Self-Study Pack

EXPLOITING AUTHENTIC MATERIALS

- LESSON TASK
Choose a YL lesson in which you could use authentic materials (either for the focus of the lesson or to
supplement it).
Before the lesson
Look at the materials and decide what tasks to do and how to stage them.
Stage and Task Description: Purpose of the task and how the task design links
to the materials and your students.
(Note: Consider how your task links to how a native speaker
would interact with the materials)

During the lesson

Make brief notes on the tasks and how effective they were.
Stage description Description of task Comments on how effective the
task was

After the lesson

Evaluate the materials selected and the tasks created.
Materials Evaluation of appropriacy (for the learners)

Task description Evaluation / Potential changes

Exploiting Authentic Materials Classroom Application Task