material development. week 1

Select a language learning material

• videos, DVDs, , grammar books, photocopied exercises

• emails, YouTube, dictionaries

• newspapers, food packages,

• photographs, live talks by invited native speakers,

materials ‘can be instructional that ......

• inform learners about the language

• provide exposure to the language in use

• stimulate language use

• facilitate discoveries about language use

materials can be experiential that.................

• they inform learners about the language

• they provide exposure to the language in use

• they stimulate language use

• they facilitate discoveries about language use

materials can be elicitative, that .....................

• they inform learners about the language

• they provide exposure to the language in use

• they stimulate language use

• they facilitate discoveries about language use

materials can be exploratory, that ..................

• they inform learners about the language

• they provide exposure to the language in use

• they stimulate language use

• they facilitate discoveries about language use

‘Materials development is both a field of study and a practical undertaking. As a field it studies the principles and procedures of ....................................’ (Tomlinson 2001: 66)

• design of language teaching materials

• implementation of language teaching materials

• evaluation of language teaching materials

Materials evaluation is.....................

• the designing of the language teaching material

• the use of language teaching material

• to attempts to measure the value of materials

if teaching is direct, it ....................

• helps the learners to discover things for themselves

• transmits information overtly to the learners

• aims to prevent problems

if teaching is indirect, it......................

• transmits information overtly to the learners

• helps the learners to discover things for themselves

• aims to prevent problems

If teaching is pre-emptive, it .......................

• transmits information overtly to the learners

• helps the learners to discover things for themselves

• aims to prevent problems