How good are group working and authentic materials in teaching English?

Group work technique and authentic materials are important in teaching English. Teaching in class nowadays, you will see that the students are supported to do the group activities sometimes. It is because teachers want to teach students that they can’t live alone in the real world. Sometimes or some situations they have to try to listen and accept other people’s opinions. And authentic material is more essential than we expect Not only use authentic material to teach vocabulary and grammar structure but the teacher can teach students the foreigners’ social context from the material like picture, postcards, stamp, videos, magazines and etc. As a teacher when we create any teaching plan please use these two teaching techniques effectively.

Amolwan 050 4EN

I think authentic material and group working is good in teaching English.
About group working,the clever person can help another people.
They can share their opinion with their friends and it is more fun than individual task.
About authentic material,the student understands more if we have it in our teaching.
It is the thing in their daily life.It is easy to understand.

Soraya 036 3EN

Group working is very good way to make students can practice how to communicate with
each other. Students can practice their leadership skills and how to contact with their peers.
Group working makes students can show their ideas or opinions. When they have heard the new
point of views from their friends they can adapt or mix them to make the work effective.
Authentic materials make students expose to real discourse. They can hear the real accent and
absolutely they will imitate what they have heard. Therefore, their accent and the way they speak
out are naturally.

Janjira 008 (4EN)

Openness: Group members are willing to get to know one another, particularly those with different interests and backgrounds. They are open to new ideas, diverse viewpoints, and the variety of individuals present within the group. They listen to others and elicit their ideas. They know how to balance the need for cohesion within a group with the need for individual expression.
Trust and self-disclosure: Group members trust one another enough to share their own ideas and feelings. A sense of mutual trust develops only to the extent that everyone is willing to self-disclose and be honest yet respectful. Trust also grows as group members demonstrate personal accountability for the tasks they have been assigned.
Support: Group members demonstrate support for one another as they accomplish their goals. They exemplify a sense of team loyalty and both cheer on the group as a whole and help members who are experiencing difficulties. They view one another not as competitors (which is common within a typically individualistic educational system) but as collaborators.
Respect: Group members communicate their opinions in a way that respects others, focusing on “What can we learn?” rather than “Who is to blame?” See constructive feedback in the process section for more details.

Thanongsak 017 4EN

For group working, it helps student learning by communicate with their friends.
They know the individual style of friends.
And it was not only communication but it lets them know about the words team work also.
In authentic material, this was develop the students' learning by using the real thing.
The phrase "learning by doing" is suit for this things.


Sakolsupa 035 3EN