Implementing A Student-Centered Pedagogy Through The Use Of Interesting And Culturally Contextualized Authentic Materials The Use Of Interesting And Culturally

TRIYOKO,SS,M.HUM,M.Ed, HANUNG (2022) Implementing A Student-Centered Pedagogy Through The Use Of Interesting And Culturally Contextualized Authentic Materials The Use Of Interesting And Culturally.

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Abstract

The selection and use of appropriate materials is one of the most critical challenges facing English teachers today. In this article, we tell the stories (vignettes) of some of the major challenges we have faced as educators in this regard, and we offer a research base and practical suggestions related to each vignette. Selection of interesting and culturally contextualized authentic materials can go a long way towards creating a student-centered peddagogy. This will help to increase student motivation, achievemnt, and retention. Our first recommendation is to cultivate interst in the classroom. Interest can be elicited by selecting materials that lead to individual interest, students ‘personal interests, situational interest, the inherant interest in a specific situation like amystery or a puzzle, or topic interest, interest in the subject of the activity. An excellent way to elicit student interest is through the use of authentic materials. Teachers should endeavor to create interst in their classrooms by choosing interesting topics and texts, editing those texts, and using suspense and surprise. Our second suggestion is to use culturally contextualized authentic materials.

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