My teaching profile

My teaching profile - week 47 Petter F. Bjerkaker  In today's society, we have English as the lingua franca, therefore being literate in English is a crucial trait to have. Literacy  is a quality that guarantees that you with confidence can read and write in a given language. Every person of society is in some form exposed to the English language. Whether it is reading the language online, watching a movie in English, a song playing on the radio, or English terms that are incorporated in informal conversations on a daily basis. Every form of these exposures to the language are called input (Ellis & Shintani, 2014, p. 163). As a result, the importance of being able to read, write and understand the English language is at an all-time high. But how could one exactly achieve literacy? I believe as a teacher, one has to provide material and activities that are authentic. Authentic material includes the characteristics of the mimic of real life situations or interactions,