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Authenticity by Mind Map: Authenticity

1. English as global language

1.1. A native speaker

1.1.1. All proficient speakers of English

1.2. Lingua/cultura franca model

1.2.1. Advantages

1.2.1.1. Variety of English understood by a wide range of nationalities

1.2.1.2. Avoids culturally loaded language

1.2.1.3. Make a balance between native speaker and non-native speaker teachers

1.2.2. Disadvantages

1.2.2.1. Relies on the textbook writer’s intuitions about language

1.2.2.2. Emphasis on more formal varieties of English

2. Motivation

2.1. Authentic materials are more interesting

2.2. Meet special students' needs

3. Text difficulty and task design

3.1. Different spoken genres increase inherent difficulty

3.2. The number of elements in a text

3.3. The delivery speed and accents used in spoken textS

4. Definition:

4.1. An authentic text is a stretch of real language, produced by a real speaker or writer for a real audience and designed to convey a real message of some sort’. Morrow (1977)

5. Authentic and textbook language

5.1. Linguistic competence

5.1.1. Spoken and written grammar

5.1.2. Difference between natural and grammatically possible

5.2. Pragmalinguistic competence

5.2.1. Rely on introspection rather than emperical research

5.2.2. Deal with direct (Ds) rather than indirect complaints (ICs)

5.2.3. Lack of contextualization

5.3. Discourse copmetence

5.3.1. Transcribing speech

5.3.2. Generic types: narratives

5.3.3. Accuracy of spoken

5.3.4. Lack of realistic models

5.3.5. Internationally marketed textbooks don't meet the learners' needs