Using authentic materials in teaching tolerance to students in English classes : Использоание аутентичных материалов на уроках английского языка для формирования толерантности у студентов

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Introduction. 3
Chapter I 7
1.1 The Need for Tolerance Education. 7
1.2 Defining the term tolerance”. 9
1.3 The most widespread types of discrimination. 12
1.3.1 Ethnic Discrimination. 12
1.3.2 Religious Discrimination. 14
1.3.3 Sexism (Gender discrimination) 16
1.3 What is authentic materials?. 19
1.4 The disadvantages of using authentic materials. 20
1.8 The advantages of using authentic materials. 23
Conclusion on Chapter I 25
Chapter II: Implementation of authentic materials in teaching tolerance to students of Humanities and Technical College (Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan) in English classes 27
2.1 Evaluation of the questionnaire determining the students’ level of tolerance 27
2.2 Description of the grammar and speaking lesson plan Prejudices and Stereotypes”. 28
2.3 Evaluation of the listening and speaking class. Cartoon Mulan”. 32
2.4 Description of the reading class The Ugly Duckling”. 36
2.5 Evaluation of the listening and speaking class based on a short film Zhafaar” 39
2.6 The result of the lesson plans. 42
Conclusion on Chapter II 43
Conclusion. 44
References: 46
Appendix 1. 51
Appendix 2. 55
Appendix 3. 59

Introduction
The big changes occurring nowadays in social, economic, and political realms of Kyrgyzstan make the society face the challenge of reviewing the education programs and at the same time, resolve many problems in that sphere. Inter alia, foreign languages fully have been becoming recognized as an important source of information and means of intercultural communication. Moreover, the rapid globalization underscores the need for a more strategic approach to inter-community cooperation.
However, it must be noticed that the globalization carries not only positive changes, but also forces people to share their places with those of with different cultures, rules, beliefs, and ideas, which unfortunately leads to many conflicts and discriminations ranging from offensive words towards each other to inter-ethnic clashes.
Therefore, now the aim of learning languages is not only developing speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills, but learning a language (in our case- English language) as a tool of cultural awareness and building inter-ethic relationships.
To achieve the aim, it is necessary to create a cultural and educational space that would be adequate to learners’ needs, abilities, and interests. However, many existing modern English textbooks, with all their wealth and variety of linguistic and cultural material, do not create in the learners’ minds a relatively holistic picture of the reality in which English or Americans live. Therefore, it seems appropriate to introduce the language with the help of authentic materials, which fully represent the culture of the studied language. This method will develop language skills along with promoting tolerance in learners since only studying and understanding others’ way of living can reduce intercultural problems.
As for using authentic materials in education, people understood the significance and value of it. For the last few years, there have been considerable changes at schools: changes in curriculum, development of alternative programs, and adoption of European knowledge and experience. So, what makes the usage of authentic materials so valuable? The point is that, by learning the language through authentic materials students develop several skills at a time, Kuimova claims that the benefits are:
· motivation to learning;
· authentic cultural information;
· real language presentation;
·creative approach to teaching.(retrieved from https://moluch.ru/ +
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However, the most important point students develop with authentic materials is tolerant feeling towards other people. That is why it is important in English classroom.
Therefore, the practical value of this diploma paper is both theoretical and practical. Abundant amount of literature has been written about this topic by different academicians, but English teachers in Kyrgyzstan still do not practice this method in teaching English as Foreign Language (EFL) in its full form. The developed lesson plans for this diploma could be used for teaching English language at secondary schools along with developing students’ cultural awareness and promoting tolerance.
The aim of the diploma paper is to study and analyze the possibility and the effectiveness of using authentic materials for developing language skills and promoting tolerance among college students.
Thereby, for attaining this aim the following objectives were set:
· to study and analyze the importance of teaching tolerance
· to define the terms authentic materials and tolerance;
· to study literature about using authentic materials for teaching English in order to identify its advantages and disadvantages;
· to run a screening test to identify the level of tolerance of the students of Humanities and Technical College in Tokmok;
· to work out lesson plans based on the authentic materials for developing language skills and promoting tolerance;
· to pilot developed lesson plans and reflect on them;

The object of the research is the authentic materials that help to develop tolerance among secondary school students.
The subject of this diploma is the methods of teaching tolerance in English class through using authentic materials.
In writing this current work in methodological plans, the following methods were used:
1. Literature review;
2. Analysis of the survey;
3. Simple statistical analysis;
The hypothesis of the diploma paper is that the authentic materials indeed are an effective method of promoting a sense of tolerance and developing 4 communicative skills.
The diploma paper consists of introduction, two chapters, conclusion, bibliography, and appendix. The introduction is based on topic’s novelty and its problem. It gives general idea about the diploma paper what it is about, identifies aim and objectives, the object and the subject of the research, describes its practical value, and puts forward hypothesis.
The first chapter is theoretical and it contains four paragraphs. First paragraph describes the importance and the need for tolerance education.
The second paragraph describes the term tolerance. The following paragraph is about the most widespread types of discrimination, which are ethnic, religious, and gender.
The fourth paragraphs reveals the disadvantages of using the authentic materials in English language classroom. The fifth paragraph describes advantages of using authentic materials in teaching EFL.
Conclusion contains the result of this work, whether the aim and objectives have been attained, and whether hypothesis of the work has been proved.
Appendix consists of lesson plans and a questionnaire.

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Conclusion
To conclude this current thesis paper, I would like to recall that the aim of the diploma paper was to reveal the effectiveness of using authentic materials for developing tolerance among young learners. It may be said with certainty that it is indeed an effective method especially if we compare the questionnaire conducted in the beginning and the feedbacks of the students after each lesson. In general, I might say I have covered all established objectives and attained the goal. Also, I tried to show the use of authentic materials in practice.
One of the most striking features of this diploma paper is that this diploma paper has novelty. There is a lack of literature about the ways of promoting tolerance in Kyrgyzstan, which makes the thesis paper more useful. It also has completely different approach in teaching target language. I tried to offer the work that would be useful for teachers of English in the Humanities and Technical College in Tokmok and in other secondary schools as well. The diploma paper tries to make lessons more student-centered, where students learn rules and new target language by exploring and eliciting. It also offers lesson plans for developing students’ all skills at once. As for activities, the research paper offers different kinds of activities, which involve group and pair work, interest, motivation, and some are personalized. On the other hand, the proposed lesson plans help students to develop not only language skills, but also widen their knowledge and increase their cultural awareness.
To sum up, I would like to say that this diploma paper has explained the central importance of the usage of authentic materials for teaching target language and at the same time promoting tolerance among young learners.
Going back to the hypothesis of the diploma paper put forward at the beginning of this work, now it is possible to say that it was successfully proved. Lastly, all above mentioned arguments and ideas prove that it would be right and useful to implement the authentic materials in the Humanities and Technical College and other secondary schools in Tokmok.
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