Worksheetsmaterial development. week 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
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
Language learning can be explicit, which means.......................
the learners are not aware of when and what they are learning
learners are aware of when and what they are learning
Language learning can be implicit, which means ........................
e learners are aware of when and what they are learning
the learners are not aware of when and what they are learning
communicative competence is primarily achieved as a result of ...................., procedural learning
implicit
explicit
(a) learners prefer to see the language written down
(a) learners prefer to hear the language
learners prefer to do something physical, such as following instructions for a game
(a)
(a) learners like to use the language and are more concerned with communication than with correctness
(a) learners are happy to learn from their own experience of the language and to use autonomous learning strategies
(a) are “anything which can be used to facilitate the learning of a language, including coursebooks, videos, graded readers, flash cards, games, websites and mobile phone interactions” (Tomlinson, 2012, p. 143)
(a) is a practical undertaking involving the production, evaluation, adaptation and exploitation of materials intended to facilitate language acquisition and development
