The Role of Designing Instructional Material
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The Notion of Teaching Materials
Authentic Versus Created Materials
Textbooks
Evaluating Textbooks
Criteria for Textbook Evaluation
a key component in most
language programs
Serve as a form of teacher training and provide ideas on how to plan and teach lessons well
Cunningsworth (1995,7) the role of materials in language teaching as
A resource for presentation
materials
A source of activities for learner practice and communicative interaction
A reference source for
learners on grammar,
Vocabulary, pronoun-
ciation, and so on
A source of stimulation and ideas for classroom activities
A support for less experienced teachers
A syllabus (where they reflect learning objectives been determined)
related more closely between the classroom and students’ needs in the real world
support a more creative approach to teaching
Reading texts are ideal to teach/practice mini-skills
too culturally biased
Too many structures are mixed
Preparation= Consuming time
Material is outdated easily
Past VS Current textbookNO PAST CURRENT
1. Author and academic centered Market led
2. Uncertain global market Specific fragmented markets
3. European focus Pasific Rim/ Latin American focus
4. Sell what is published culture and
methodology of origin
International or local culture indigeneous
learning situations
5. English for its own sake UK/US
publisher dominance
English for specific purposes rise in local
publishing
6. Native speaker expertise Nonnative speaker competence
7. Culturally insensitive Culturally sensitive
8. Low risk/competition High risk/competition
9. Little design Design rich
10. Artificial texts and tasks Authenticity
11. Single-volume titles Multicompoonent/multimedia
Textbooks are used in different ways to develop language skill:
Reading textbook
Writing textbook
Grammar textbook
Speaking textbookListening textbook
1. Provide structure and syllabus
2. Help standardize instruction
3. Maintain quality
4. Provide a variety of learning resources
5. Efficient and save teacher’s time
6. Provide effective language models and input
7. Train teachers
8. Visually appealing
Depend on how materials are used
1. Contain inauthentic language
2. Distort content
3. Not reflect students’ needs
4. Deskill teachers
5. Expensive
Teachers
Responsible
Ability
Choose Material
Solution:In making decisions about the role of commercial textbooks in a program, the impact of textbooks on the program, on teachers, and on learners has to be carefully assessed.
Evaluation can only be done by considering something in relation to its purpose
Problem:
Before evaluating textbook, information is needed on the following issues:
The role of the
textbook in the
program
The teacher in
the program
The learners in
the program
There are two factors are involved in the development of commercial textbooks
Representing the interests of the author
Representing the interests of the publisher
Criteria for textbook evaluation
1. Correspond to learners’ needs
2. Reflect the uses (present or future) to student’s purpose
Checklist for textbook evaluationAims and
approaches
Design and organization
Language content
Skills
Topic
Methodology
Teacher’s books
Practical considerations