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MacDonald, Malcolm, Badger, Richard and White, Goodith (2000) The real thing? : authenticity and academic listening. English for Specific Purposes, 19 (3). pp. 253-267. doi:10.1016/S0889-4906(98)00028-3 ISSN 0889-4906.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0889-4906(98)00028-3
Abstract
In this article we explore the usefulness of the criterion of authenticity for the selection and evaluation of EAP materials. These materials were specialised listening texts used on a first year undergraduate programme at a U.K. university. Using a student questionnaire and techniques of discourse analysis based on Halliday's concepts of field, tenor and mode, we investigated the levels of difficulty and relevance of materials using four media: published audio tapes, audio recordings of a live lecture, video materials and a short, simulated lecture by the teacher. We found that the texts which related to the students experience and permitted learner interaction appeared to have more potential for language learning than those which merely replicated the discourse of the target situation.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Authenticity (Philosophy), Lectures and lecturing, Listening (Philosophy) | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | English for Specific Purposes | ||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||
| ISSN: | 0889-4906 | ||||
| Official Date: | 1 September 2000 | ||||
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| Volume: | 19 | ||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 15 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 253-267 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/S0889-4906(98)00028-3 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 12 April 2016 | ||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 12 April 2016 |
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