Note this might be a rather simple thing to do for reading texts, but it might not be so easy to get authentic listening texts for a particular subject area. The use of authentic business in the real world and then bringing those recordings to class y2 listening takes may involve actually going and recording people as they go about their On the other hand when we start thinking about activities/tasks it becomes apparent that we need to somehow been our rules on authenticity. While an eSP class may not and probably does not include only authentic types of tasks the goal of the ESP practiti to always try to include as many authentic tasks as possible, and certainly to move from possibly more pedagogical tasks to more real world/authentic types of tasks within the classroom. Everything needs to lean towards and move towards authenticity that is the ultimate goal It is correctly acknowledged within ESP as well that one cannot move towards authentic output while using contrived input. If our goal is to move students into authenticity than we need to use authentic materials in that process References Nunan, D(1989). Designing tasks for the communicative classroom. Cambridge Cambridge University PressNote this might be a rather simple thing to do for reading texts, but it might not be so easy to get authentic listening texts for a particular subject area. The use of authentic listening takes may involve actually going and recording people as they go about their business in the real world and then bringing those recordings to class. On the other hand, when we start thinking about activities/tasks it becomes apparent that we need to somehow been our rules on authenticity. While an ESP class may not and probably does not include only authentic types of tasks the goal of the ESP practitioner is to always try to include as many authentic tasks as possible, and certainly to move from possibly more pedagogical tasks to more real world/authentic types of tasks within the classroom. Everything needs to lean towards and move towards authenticity that is the ultimate goal. It is correctly acknowledged within ESP as well that one cannot move towards authentic output while using contrived input. If our goal is to move students into authenticity than we need to use authentic materials in that process. References Nunan, D. (1989). Designing tasks for the communicative classroom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press