Designing Authenticity Into Language Learning Materials

by Freda Mishan

This book puts forward an authenticity-centred approach to the design of materials for language learning. The premise of the approach is that language learning should be based on authentic materials drawn from a variety of genres found in the target language culture, and that the learning tasks involving these materials should be correspondingly authentic, by entailing interactions that are consistent with the original communicative purpose of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841500801
• ISBN13: 9781841500805
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Intellect (UK)
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.0"