Teaching practice: A handbook for teachers in training MATERIALS AND RESOURCES FOR ELTTrujillo, F., Torrecillas, J., & Salvadores, C. (2004).

RESOURCE WHAT? HOW? WHY? RESOURCE WHAT? HOW? WHY?The board Permanent

or reference material. Material for development the lesson

Use colour to make the board attractive. Use it as a temporary display area. Involve students in the writing process. Make clear any topic.

It might be helpful to reduce confusion.

The board A piece of furniture every classroom has. An ordinary arrangement of space in the classroom.

Teachers have always used boards to support their “lectures” but they can also be used within a learner-centred approach.

It is important for a teacher to be able to work with “minimal resources”

Visual Interesting and stimulating learning process

It is big enough to be seen. To display a materials around the classroom

They illustrate meaning more directly and quickly. They attract students’ attention. They help make the associated language memorable.

Visual Real items belonging to the community of users of the foreign language brought to the classroom. Any of the wide collection of printed materials available to the teacher.

The teacher should use a variety of visual resources to complement their writing and their speaking

They help students connect language to reality

Coursebooks Provide security for teachers and students. Provide a syllabus.

Explore ways according to the interest of the students. Organize the activities in the different order

Textbook normally provides variety and a balance diet of language work such as grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, skill work. It also may contain study skills and learner

Textbooks guidance help for teachers

A textbook provides the teacher with a topic, some texts and a good number of activities, variety of texts and activities.

caters for some important details which are quite difficult to implement without the aid of a textbook

development activities.