UTILIZING AUTHENTIC MATERIALS IN TEACHING BRITISH – AMERICAN CULTURE FROM TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVES

  • Thu Trang Nguyễn
Keywords: Authentic materials, British-American culture, language teaching and learning

Abstract

This study investigates the use of authentic materials in teaching British –
American Culture for English-majored students from the perspectives of teachers who are
directly involved in teaching this course. The arthor makes use of qualitative method via
semi-structured interviews with 03 lecturers. The results indicate that the participants all use
authentic materials in their teaching. Major sources of authentic materials are Internet-based,
which are perceived as beneficial in motivating students’ learning and improving their
language competence. However, there still exists some challenges in teachers’ application of
authentic materials. From these findings, the author suggests some recommendations to
ensure better exploitation of authentic materials in teaching the mentioned course.

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Published
2023-05-11