ESL/EFL Materials and Media

Ø  The most different between authentic materials and commercial materials as follow:

The different	Authentic materials	Commercial materials
1.      Who created the material? 2.      Time 3.      Applying 4.      The source of materials	·   The teachers ·   Taking time and effort to locate ·   Difficulty in making comprehensible and media for the students ·   Real world/hot new (newspaper, TV program, brochure, magazine, etc.)	·   Publishing companies, Government agencies committee, and Curriculum development teams ·   Saving time ·   Providing lessons with some useful suggestions or techniques ·   Focus with curriculum (text book)