NGHIÊN CỨU NHẬN THỨC CỦA GIẢNG VIÊN VỀ TÁC DỤNG CỦA SỬ DỤNG TÀI LIỆU NGUYÊN GỐC TRONG GIẢNG DẠY TIẾNG ANH CHUYÊN NGÀNH TẠI MỘT TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC Ở VIỆT NAM

Abstract

The integration of authentic materials into language teaching seems to attract an increasing interest from scholars and linguists thanks to their undeniable merits. However, a review and evaluation of the practical use of these sources is of great significance so as to gain an in-depth overview of their influences on language pedagogy in general and English language teaching at the tertiary level. Accordingly, this study was conducted to investigate the perceptions of instructors at a higher education institution on the effectiveness of authentic materials in teaching English for specific purposes (ESP), which requires various practical knowledge and skills. To this end, both quantitative and qualitative methods were employed. Nine ESP lecturers of the Foreign Languages Department
were invited to give responses to questionnaires and interviews. The findings reveal that most
instructors had a positive attitude towards authentic materials and desired to integrate them into the
ESP curriculum despite their limited access to some undisclosed sources as well as time pressure in
employing these materials. This study also provides a basis for instructors to consider using more
authentic materials in teaching ESP in the near future.