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 This
course aims to help teachers develop
skills and confidence in selecting and
adapting materials appropriate to the
learning needs of their students. Participants
get to apply the selection criteria
arrived at by evaluating a wide range
of materials. They subsequently practice
adapting materials for specific learning
groups. The anticipated outcomes of
this course include greater student
interest and more effective learning.
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English
teachers need to know how to evaluate
materials and how to adapt them to ensure
optimal learning.
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By the end
of this course, participants should
be able to:
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Make optimal use
of the materials available to
them
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Be cognizant of
the principles and procedures
of materials evaluation and adaptation
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Develop skills in
evaluating, editing and adapting
resource materials to suit their
teaching/learning situations
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Develop their own
materials to suit their students'
needs
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Network with other
teachers to exchange materials
and teaching resources.
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Lectures
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Critical and reflective
discussions
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Simulations
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Presentations
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Directed reading
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Using the internet
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Collaborative teaching/learning
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Brainstorming
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Question/Answer
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Wider reading
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Workshops
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Course content includes the following:
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Needs Analysis
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The purpose of evaluating materials
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Criteria for evaluating materials
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Process of evaluating materials
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Criteria for selecting materials
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Advantages and
disadvantages of using textbooks
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Roles of coursebooks
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Principles of adaptation
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Procedures for
adapting
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Guidelines for
evaluating & adapting coursebooks
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Criteria for producing
teacher-created materials
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This will be in the form of
group assignments to produce teacher-created
materials for classroom use that incorporate
the principles of evaluation and adaptation.
Each group has to produce:
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A review of at least five textbooks
and workbooks and recommend their suitability
using any of the evaluation criteria given
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Two sets of reading texts, each
containing a simplified version and a more
complex version of text and supporting activities
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Three graded teaching/learning
tasks from lower to higher levels for listening,
speaking and writing skills
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1. |
Byrd, P. (Ed.)(1995) Material's
Writers Guide. Heinle & Heinle Publishers,
Boston.
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Cunningworth, A. (1995) Choosing
your coursebook. Macmillan
Heinemann English Language Teaching, Oxford.
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McGrath, I. (2002) Materials
evaluation and design for language teachers.
Edinburgh University Press Ltd., Edinburgh.
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4. |
Tomlinson, B. (Ed.) (1998).
Materials development in language teaching.
Cambridge Univewrsity Press, Cambridge.
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Summary
of subject components and time allocation. Click
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