1. Authentic Materials
Their role and integration into
world language curriculum
Northeast Conference
March 28, 2014
Presented by Ed Weiss

2. AN INSPIRATION

3. BIBENDUM

4. A STAR IS BORN

5. A PASSION...

6. TODAY’S AGENDA
• Authentic materials - definition / evolution
• What the experts are saying - Identifying our needs
• Teaching strategies - Using technology to share
resources
• Finding authentic materials

7. SMART BOARD?

8. MULTI-MEDIA W/SLIDES?

9. THE LATEST VIDEOS?

10. THE LATEST VIDEOS…

11. STUDENT COPIES?

12. LISTENING?

13. LATEST MAGAZINES?

14. IT’S ALL ABOUT
COMPREHENSION

15. AUTHENTIC MATERIALS
ARE...
• those designed for native speakers. They are real
text designed not for language students, but for the
speakers of the language in question. (Nunan)
• stretches of real language, produced by a real
speaker or writer for a real audience and designed to
carry a real message. (Harmer)
• “appropriate” and “quality” in terms of goals,
objectives, learner needs and interest and “natural” in
terms of real life and meaningful communication.
(Rogers)

16. A PARTIAL LIST...
• online articles
• charts / graphs / maps
• videos
• magazines / newspapers
• films
• music
• advertisements

17. AUDIO SOURCES
• Radio interviews
• General interest podcasts
• PSAs
• Brief lectures
• Audio guides - museums, travel
comprehensibility & relevance are #1

18. WRITTEN SOURCES
• Literary texts
• Journalistic articles
• Letters
• Ads
• Instructions
• The above may be combined with maps, charts, or
table

19. ACTFL.ORG GUIDELINES
EXAMPLE: Students listen to authentic audio clips featuring
native speakers describing an event, and can match the oral
description to a picture, or put pictures in the order of the
sequence of events as described.
EXAMPLE: Students read several authentic menus and
identify which would be appropriate for different people based
on likes/dislikes and special dietary needs.
EXAMPLE: Students browse the website of a current
popular magazine in a target language country.They identify
the emotions of the people in the photo based on their
interpretation of visual and linguistic cues and then discuss
their findings with their classmates.

20. AP EXAM OVERVIEW
Section I (Interpretive Communication)
Multiple-choice (50% of total score): 65 items in 9 sets
4 reading
2 listening and reading combined
3 listening
Section 2 (Interpersonal and Presentational Communication)
Free-Response (50% of total score): 4 items
Interpersonal Writing
Presentational Writing
Interpersonal Speaking
Presentational Speaking

21. COLLEGE BOARD TELLS
US...

22. A LA RECHERCHE....

23. HOW THE AP EXAM
HAS CHANGED
Students will work with a greater variety of authentic materials, both print and audio, reflecting
the linguistic and cultural diversity of the French-speaking world.
Literary and journalistic texts but also announcements, advertisements, letters, maps and tables.
Scripted dialogues but also radio interviews, podcasts, public service announcements, brief
presentations.
Criteria for selection are comprehensibility (accent, pace, minimal background noise/overlap) and
relevance to a course theme and to a topic that could interest students.
Materials will be reasonably chosen, but will also reflect a range of cultural perspectives and linguistic
features.

24. THE SIX THEMES

25. ADVANTAGES OF USING
AUTHENTIC MATERIALS
• students are exposed to real discourse / real language
• they keep students informed about real world issues
• many can be scaffolded for various levels
• they contain a wide variety of topics and language
styles not found in conventional teaching materials
• they showcase the culture of target language areas
• they interest and engage students

26. DISADVANTAGES OF
USING
AUTHENTIC MATERIALS

28. OUR CHALLENGE
• Finding the appropriate authentic materials
• Integrating them into our curriculum
• Providing access to these materials for our students
• Interacting with our students via technology
• Utilizing technology in our classrooms

29. A new look at Bloom’s Taxonomy

30. THE NETWORKED
TEACHER

32. 3 PHASES OF
TECHNOLOGY TEACHING
• Phase 1

33. BEST PRACTICES WHEN
USING MATERIALS
• Advanced Organizer - a pre-reading or pre-listening
teaching aide that prepares the students for what is to
come

34. Tema curricular: La belleza y la estética
Introducción
Este texto trata de una obra de teatro para niños. El anuncio original fue publicado en
marzo de 2011 en Nueva York, Estados Unidos.
¡TRAIGA A SUS NINOS A REPERTORIO ESPAñOL! MI BEBé ES UN HéROE
ESCRITA Y DIRIGIDA POR EDUARDO NAVAS
UNA PRODUCCIóN DEL TEATRO RODANTE INFANTIL SCARAMOUChES
PRESENTADA POR REPERTORIO ESPAñOL
UN ESPECTáCULO BILINGüE (INGLéS Y ESPAñOL)
Teatro Scaramouches, una excepcional compañía venezolana de teatro infantil, presenta una
original y divertida obra teatral con marionetas. El malvado y travieso Cuchiflín intenta llevarse
al bebé del Príncipe Azulito y la Princesa Perlita. Con la ayuda de los niños el bebé impide que
Cuchiflín se salga con la suya, convirtiendo al bebé y a los niños en héroes. Repleta de
colorido, risas y diversión, la obra capta la atención de los niños de principio a fin.
sábado 5 de febrero – 12 p.m. sábado 5 de marzo – 12 p.m. sábado 2 de abril – 12 p.m.
sábado 7 de mayo – 12 p.m. sábado 4 de junio – 12 p.m.
RESERVACIONES
INTERNET: WWW.REPERTORIO.ORG TELéFONO: 1.212.225.9999

35. BEST PRACTICES PART 2
ONGOING ASSESSMENT
• Formative Assessment on Ed’s site

36. BEST PRACTICES PART 3
FOR FRENCH II
Speakers:
Emotions:
Relationships among the speakers:
Type of listening:
Topic:
Why someone might listen to this:
Scaffolding authentic
resources
A listening activity - French
IV

37. YABLA
• Agriculture verticale
Thème: Les défis mondiaux

38. YABLA DOWNLOAD

39. USING VIDEO IN CLASS
• Youtube video converted with Keepvid then placed on
your website, embedded on a powerpoint, stored on
your desktop

40. USING YOUTUBE /
KEEPVID
Thèmes: La Vie Contemporaine /Les Défis Mondiaux

41. USING TELEVISED ADS

42. SCAFFOLDING THIS AD
• NOVICE
• uncomplicated tasks / short utterances / brief
descriptions
• INTERMEDIATE
• predictable, concrete topics / evidence of different
time frames, basic Q & A on familiar topics
• ADVANCED
• sustained narration & description, ease of
expression including opinions and observations

43. LA CHANSON - C’EST DU
LOURD
• Thème: La vie contemporaine

44. HELPFUL MUSIC LINKS
• Top 50 French songs
• Lengthy list of French songs linked to themes &
language
• Spanish song / video site linking language concepts to
media
• 50 songs for learning Italian

45. CONVERT YOUTUBE
VIDEOS TO AUDIO (MP3)

47. 3 PHASES OF
TECHNOLOGY TEACHING
• Phase 2

48. VOICETHREAD
• A collaborative multimedia slide show that holds
videos, images and documents and allows people to
leave comments in various ways

49. VOICETHREAD
• L’injustice par Garou
Thème: La famille et la communauté

50. L’INJUSTICE ACTIVITIES
• Novice
• simple descriptions of scenes, objects, actions
• Intermediate
• basic statements and questions about the video in
variety of time frames
• Advanced
• opinions/observations, apply to your life

51. L’INJUSTICE - 3 MODES OF
COMMUNICATION
• Presentational
• Interpretive
• Interpersonal

52. PREZI PRESENTATION
• Prezi on métissage

53. GLOGSTER
PRESENTATION

54. 3 PHASES OF
TECHNOLOGY TEACHING
• Phase 3

55. SLIDESHARE
• Slideshare on Bib!!

56. INTERACTING WITH
STUDENTS 24/7
• Lingtlanguage
• This program allows teachers to use video, text and
voice to prompt an audio student response

57. LINGT CAPABILITIES

58. WORDLE

59. PODCASTING
YODIO & AUDIOBOO
• Ed’s podcasts

60. A MODEL OF A THEMED-
BASED UNIT FEATURING
AUTHENTIC MATERIALS
• Select a primary text / resource
• short story, article, abridged novel, film/video
• Enrich the unit with a variety of materials
• The result - a culturally rich, engaging unit

61. ED’S THEMED UNIT
• Themes - contemporary life, global challenges
• Primary source - George Simenon’s Maigret et le
Clochard
• Supporting materials - informative websites, audio
interviews, music videos and lyrics, news
videos, voicethreads, wordle, statistics, maps, teacher
created advanced organizer
• Let’s see how it works

62. IPADS FOR WORLD
LANGUAGE
• Numerous apps for all levels
• Immediacy of apps & online access
• Grammar, news, listening & reading comprehension
• Document sharing via Google Docs

65. LANGUAGE RESOURCES
• news sites
• international organizations
• national / tourism sites
• podcast sites
• govt
• assorted sites

66. ED’S SPANISH LINKS
• 30+ links to enrich your curriculum

67. ED’S ITALIAN LINKS
• My new list for Italian teachers

68. NEWS SITES
• RFI
• BBC MUNDO
• TV5 MONDE
• ABC.ES
• RTL

69. RFI - LANGUE FRANCAISE

70. ABC.ES

71. TV5 MONDE

72. BBC MUNDO

73. BBC FRENCH

74. RTL

75. INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS

76. NACIONES UNIDAS

77. MEDECINS SANS
FRONTIERES

78. RED CROSS

79. RESTOS DU COEUR

80. NATIONAL / TOURISM
SITES

81. LA BELGIQUE

82. QUE VER EN MADRID

83. FRANCE DIPLOMATIE

84. TOURISME.FR

85. PODCASTS

86. FRENCH PODCAST LIST

87. BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE

88. CULTURE BOX

89. IELANGUAGES

90. LA VOIX DES JEUNES

91. CANAL ACADEMIE

92. A RICH SITE

93. A RICH SITE (SPANISH)

94. SUNY CORTLAND SITE

95. CHANSONS

96. SPANISH SONGS (163)

97. UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

98. FRENCH RESOURCES
• Pinterest

99. PINTEREST FOR SPANISH

100. MY CONTACT
INFORMATION
• Google “Ed Weiss Haverford”
• Tab on left bottom “authentic materials”
• My email - edweiss@comcast.net
• Workshops on technology integration, WL curriculum
building, French resources, AP strategies, 3 modes of
curriculum, using Ipads in WL classes