When using an authentic audio or video it is important to use only ‘native speakers’.
I don't agree with this sentence. Though of course it's useful to expose students to native speakers' English, we shouldn't forget that there are many other Englishes out there. As described by David Crystal, every day we have new variety of English that is culture- specific (English you use to talk about your own context) that is mainly clear in the use of vocabulary, expressions and idioms.
So, I would say we have to consider students' context and needs when choosing authentic materials to use in the classroom.
I have attached Crystal's talk here for you to watch, it's very interesting !
I found the topic really interesting so I searched for English words taken from Arabic (my native language), I found 'Oud', 'Kebab', 'cotton' . A new word that was created because of a cultural/religious need is the word 'Burkini' which was coined by its inventor in 2004 and is becoming widely used now !
So, Can you share with us some of your country's English ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_q9b9YqGRY
Thanks for sharing! I can't agree more with you! Off the top of my head, words borrowed from Spanish: siesta, macho, tango, patio.
ReplyDeleteLaura Perrotta interesting ! Food and drink items are also very common in this sense. 'Mate' is an Argentinian drink that is used as an English word as I think it has no equivalent in English !
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for starting off the discussion Ayat! Thank you too for sharing this video. I'm sure participants will appreciate it. I haven't seen it either so Ill watch it tomorrow - but David Crystal is an expert on this subject so it's great to have something 'from the horse's mouth'.
ReplyDeleteKatherine Bilsborough you're welcome, it's one of his very interesting and thought provoking talks. I enjoy his talks as much as I learn from them. Hope other participants dig deeper into their languages and share more new words added to English from their own cultures. It would practically prove his points :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link. David Crystal's work is great!
ReplyDeleteI believe that everything he says is so amazing and challeging at the same time! Thank you for sharing!
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