Authentic readings: a tool to promote critical thinking, cultural sensitivity and students’ autonomy in EFL oral communication courses
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2013
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Olivares, Cinthya
Barrantes, Lena
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I Congreso Internacional de Lingüística Aplicada CONLA UNA
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No todas las lecturas que los profesores eligen son útiles para desarrollarlas en los cursos de comunicación oral. Existe una necesidad urgente de evaluar gran parte del material de lectura de estas clases para así determinar su nivel de autenticidad ya que ésta debe llegar a ser una característica fundamental de este tipo de material. Las lecturas auténticas deben incitar al pensamiento cuando se utilizan con las técnicas apropiadas. Aunque sea una lectura corta el simple hecho de que se refiera a un evento real puede provocar una reacción personal en el estudiante. La investigación de acción que se presenta en este documento fue realizada con estudiantes de la carrera Enseñanza del Inglés de la Universidad Nacional, Sede Regional Brunca y busca identificar algunos de los efectos de incorporar lecturas auténticas en las clases de expresión oral y proponer un instrumento para definir el nivel de autenticidad de las lecturas seleccionadas así como también algunas técnicas para promover el pensamiento crítico, la sensibilidad cultural y la autonomía a través del uso de textos genuinos y realistas.
Not all readings that teachers stumble upon are worth using in oral communication courses. There is an urging need to evaluate most of the reading material EFL classes are currently based on to determine the level of its authenticity. Authenticity must become a fundamental feature of readings used in the EFL classroom. Authentic readings might be thought provoking when handled with the appropriate techniques. Even if it is a short reading, the fact that it entails a real event or happening provokes a personal reaction in the student. The action research presented in this documented was conducted with students of the English Teaching Major at Universidad Nacional, Brunca Extension. It attempts at identifying some of the effects of incorporating authentic readings in oral expression courses and at proposing an instrument to define the level of authenticity of the readings selected as well as some techniques to promote students’ critical thinking, cultural sensitivity and autonomy through the use of genuine and realistic texts.
Not all readings that teachers stumble upon are worth using in oral communication courses. There is an urging need to evaluate most of the reading material EFL classes are currently based on to determine the level of its authenticity. Authenticity must become a fundamental feature of readings used in the EFL classroom. Authentic readings might be thought provoking when handled with the appropriate techniques. Even if it is a short reading, the fact that it entails a real event or happening provokes a personal reaction in the student. The action research presented in this documented was conducted with students of the English Teaching Major at Universidad Nacional, Brunca Extension. It attempts at identifying some of the effects of incorporating authentic readings in oral expression courses and at proposing an instrument to define the level of authenticity of the readings selected as well as some techniques to promote students’ critical thinking, cultural sensitivity and autonomy through the use of genuine and realistic texts.
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INGLÉS, ENSEÑANZA DE IDIOMAS, PENSAMIENTO CRÍTICO, ENSEÑANZA SUPERIOR, COMUNICACIÓN ORAL, ENGLISH, LANGUAGE TEACHING, CRITICAL THINKING, HIGHER EDUCATION, ORAL COMMUNICATION