Encourage reading for pleasure, likely to contain topics of interests.
So the use of authentic materials for teaching reading should be relevant and matched with the learner s need or interest. It is also important to consider the ability
level of the students. Moreover, the students can feel comfortable and confidence when they using authentic materials in reading class.
4. The Advantages and Disadvantages of Non-Authentic Materials a. The Advantages
The good aspects of using non authentic materials are to make the students easy to cope with reading text, because non authentic texts are artificial language and
varied. Non authentictext is emphasized on grammatical structures. It will be easier to analyze the text because it contains with formed sentences, simple grammatical
structure and easy vocabulary, unlike with authentic materials which contains with complicated structures and vocabulary.
b. The Disadvantages
The disadvantages of using non authentic is the students are hardly to be a good reader because they would not be acquiring real language.
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Students will be bored with the same reading texts that are not attracting them, and it will make them
passive and become be a slow reader. The students can feel that they are not used to be challenged to be good reader by variety of the texts.
5. The Application of Teaching Reading Comprehension of Short Functional Text by Using Authentic Materials.
The teaching reading comprehension of short functional text by using authentic materials have some activities on it.
1. Teacher ask the students idea or experience related the material will be discussed.
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2. Teacher gives the students the example of short functional text. 3. Teacher explains about each functional text that will be discussed, such as
announcement, invitation, notice, advertisement and short message. 4. Teacher show the authentic materials of short functional texts to the students.
5. Teacher asks the students to read and understand the authentic material of short functional text.
6. Teacher asks the students to identify the features of short functional text based on the authentic material.
7. Teacher makes groups of students. 8. Each group gets the authentic materials of short functional text.
9. Each group has to make the functional text with good arrangement and features based on the authentic material which they have.
10. The teacher makes quiz related to the functional text discussed in each meeting.
11. After four meeting, the teacher conducts a test to measure students comprehension of short functional text.
6. The Application of Teaching Reading Comprehension of Short Functional Text by Using Textbook.
The application of teaching reading comprehension of short functional text by using textbook in the classroom, as below:
1. Teacher ask the students idea or experience related the material will be discussed.
2. Teacher gives the students the example of short functional text. 3. Teacher explains about each functional text that will be discussed, such as
announcement, invitation, notice, advertisement and short message. 4. Teacher asks the students to read and understand of short functional text in
textbook. 5. Teacher asks the students to identify the features of short functional in
textbook.
6. Teacher makes groups of students. 7. Each group has to make the functional text with good arrangement and
features based on the example in textbook which they read. 8. The teacher makes quiz related to the functional text discussed in each
meeting. 9. After four meeting, the teacher conducts a test to measure students
comprehension of short functional text.
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1. Textbook in Teaching and Learning Activity
