"Authentic Material" in the case of language education refers to contents that are created for native speakers instead of foreign language learners.
The elementary Mandarin learners have been working on a Chinese children's story from the last century. We have built vocabulary on features of a common frog and how to describe them. One of the benefits of using authentic material is that it gives a natural context to the teaching. It also contains rich cultural elements for the students to observe. Here is a video link to the story "Little Tadpoles Looking for Mom" https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpspc7it3SY Here is a sample of the artistic style of the video.
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AuthorI'm the 1st - 8th Grade Mandarin language and culture teacher at Summers-Knoll School in Ann Arbor, MI. Archives
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