UNIT 1 SELECTING TEXTS

I. What does Nuttall mean by Suitability of content?

1. What do teachers need to pay attention to when looking for
content?



II. What does Nuttall mean by Exploitability?



1. What is the focus of reading lessons according to Nuttall?



2. What do you understand by it?



3. What do you understand when Nuttall says When assessing
texts for exploitability, it is important to consider the
possibilities not only for practicing individual skills, but for
outcomes, and follow-up work requiring the integrated use of
many skills together




4. Authentic texts can be used for academic exercises but this type
of exercises will eventually bore students, so we need to find
other ways of exploiting them. According to Nuttall what can we
do to simulate real-life purposes in the classroom when using
authentic texts?





III. What does Nuttall mean by Readability?



1. Mention what a teacher can do to assess the level of students.



2. What is an acceptable amount of new words in a text?



3. When the author talks about structural difficulty, she mentions
that language structures problems can be eased if other
elements are present or known to the students. What are the
other elements?



4. What do you understand by variety of texts? What are the
advantages of having variety of texts?


5. How can authentic texts be simplified without losing its
originality?




6. What does the expression looking authentic means?


7. What is the goal of this authentic presentation?




8. What are the other tips Nuttall mentions for presenting a text?