RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 A Redefinition of Authentic Material and Its Use in the Teaching of English A1 Valdeón García, Roberto A. AB This article focuses on two important aspects of language teachingafter the appearance of the communicative approach in the 1970’s: theimportance of using authentic material and the question of whether thismaterial should be adapted to suit the needs of our students. As regardsthe first aspect, an attempt is made at redefining what authentic materialrepresents in the teaching of English, while we offer several examplesof different methods to be used when adapting authentic material(deleting, adding, modifying and simplifying) as well as discuss themain reasons to do so. PB Servicio de Publicaciones. Universidad de La Laguna YR 1995 FD 1995 LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/30629 UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/30629 LA en DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna RD 01-sep-2024