There are several reasons for this, primarily a kind of fear that students will panic when faced with language that is largely unfamiliar, and a feeling that to prevent this the language should be
The trick, regardless of the text used, is not to edit and grade the text, but to grade the task according to your students' abilities.
*Challenge: Find an authentic resource in your local supermarket / amongst souvenirs from a trip / ask a friend or neighbour / online, and see what you can learn from it - or what you can teach with it*











