Students’ Responses to the Use of Authentic Material in a General English Class

Eka Rahmat Fauzy

2017

Abstract

This research is aimed to identify how students respond to the use of authentic materials in a General English class. This research is based on qualitative case study design employing observation and focused group interview to obtain the data. The results of data analysis suggest that students perceived both benefits and challenges from the use of authentic materials in integrated skill based teaching. Therefore, it can be concluded that the proper use authentic materials will be responded positively in an integrated skill based class. Nonetheless, it is strongly recommended that the employment and implementation authentic materials in teaching and learning process have to be prepared well since careless selection of authentic materials may demotivate students, instead of encouraging them to understand the lesson.

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in Harvard Style

Fauzy E. (2017). Students’ Responses to the Use of Authentic Material in a General English Class.In The Tenth Conference on Applied Linguistics and The Second English Language Teaching and Technology Conference in collaboration with The First International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education - Volume 1: CONAPLIN and ICOLLITE, ISBN 978-989-758-332-2, pages 848-853. DOI: 10.5220/0007176408480853


in Bibtex Style

@conference{conaplin and icollite17,
author={Eka Rahmat Fauzy},
title={Students’ Responses to the Use of Authentic Material in a General English Class},
booktitle={The Tenth Conference on Applied Linguistics and The Second English Language Teaching and Technology Conference in collaboration with The First International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education - Volume 1: CONAPLIN and ICOLLITE,},
year={2017},
pages={848-853},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007176408480853},
isbn={978-989-758-332-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - The Tenth Conference on Applied Linguistics and The Second English Language Teaching and Technology Conference in collaboration with The First International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education - Volume 1: CONAPLIN and ICOLLITE,
TI - Students’ Responses to the Use of Authentic Material in a General English Class
SN - 978-989-758-332-2
AU - Fauzy E.
PY - 2017
SP - 848
EP - 853
DO - 10.5220/0007176408480853