Volume 26
Personal Authenticity through Authentic Materials, Authentic Tasks, and Negotiation
In this article, I examine the concept of personal authenticity (van Lier, 1996), using student diary entries collected during an English for academic and professional purposes course with a negotiated syllabus. Signs of personal authenticity – a concept related to autonomy – are traced in the entries.
Preparing University EFL Students for Job Interviews in English: A Task-Based Approach
With English as the de facto lingua franca of the global economy, more and more companies, national and international, hold interviews for candidates in English. Gumperz and Roberts (1991) note that ‘interethnic encounters’ pose a daunting challenge for some learners; none more so than an English interview.
