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Authentic Materials and Student Motivation

Not a big enough problem to worry Auntie Alex with, so will deal with this reader enquiry myself:

Some good-looking internet resources on said topic, have no more than skimmed them myself but the sites they are on are well respected.

http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Kilickaya-AutenticMaterial.html

http://www.readingmatrix.com/articles/berardo/article.pdf

http://eltj.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/51/2/144

http://www.amazon.com/Motivational-Strategies-Language-Classroom-D%C3%B6rnyei/dp/0521793777/ref=sr_1_4/002-8179833-2881649?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185616833&sr=8-4

The last one is the Amazon page of a classic book by a great author with a great name- Zoltan.

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3 Responses to “Authentic Materials and Student Motivation”

  1. EFL Geek Says:

    I’ve read several books/articles by Dorynei and highly recommend his work.

  2. Alex Case Says:

    Me too- he’s not just a pretty name!

  3. Alex Case Says:

    The person who made the original request has just sent me a very nice e-mail of thanks. If anyone else has any requests please leave a comment after any of the posts and I’ll see what I can do

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