Materials development for language learning and teaching

Materials development for language learning and teaching

1. 1. Introduction

   • Anything to learn a language
     • Anything can be t
     • Materials can be
       • Informative
       • Instructional
       • Experential
       • Exploratory
       • Academic Study
         • Production
         • Evaluation
         • Adaptation

2. 2. History of publications

   • Few books of Materials developmnt
     • Mid- Nineties
       • Byrd (1995)
         • Guide of materials developlment
     • 2000´s
       • Approaches to materials design
     • Recently
       • Application of theory

3. 3. Materials evaluation

   • 3.1 Establishing Criteria
     • Tucker (1975)
       • Measure the value of textbooks
         • Evaluation and selection
           • Criteria to evaluate materials
             • Provide categories
               • Checklists
                 • Evaluation is subjective
   • 3.2 Reporting EValuations
     • Post- use of materials
       • Reviews
         • micro-evaluations of materials
           • process of piloting commercial coursebooks
             • reviews from experienced teachers

4. 4 Materials adaptation

   • Congruence between
     • Materials
     • Methodology
     • Learners
     • Objectives
     • Target language
     • Teacher's personality

5. 5. Materials Production

   • 5.1 How Writers Writer
     • Replicate previous information
       • adapting activity types
         • Thinking how to write
           • Task design
   • 5.2 Principled development of materials
     • How do we think people learn languages?
       • meet the practical needs of teachers and learners
         • Match the realities of publishing
           • Principles and procedures of materials development
             • application of many theoretical principles of language acquisition
               • connection between applied linguistics theory and materials development
   • 5.3 Practical guidance to writers
     • flexible text-driven framework for developing material
       • writing instructions
         • using illustrations and layout and design
           • develop materials for content and language integrated learning

6. 6. Materials exploitation

   • guidelines for the production
     • Classroom procedures to help teachers to humanise their coursebooks.
       • literature reporting how teachers use their textbooks
         • Procedures for in-use and post-use evaluation of materials t

7. 7. Issues in materials development

   • 7.1 The value of textbooks
     • most language teachers seem to continue to use them
     • cost-effective way of providing the learner
     • textbooks can save time and money
   • 7.2 The need for published materials
     • lberate teachers from their dependence on materials
     • The methodology recommended is conversation-driven
   • 7.3 Pedagogic approaches
     • Common European Framework
     • PPP approaches
     • language awareness approach
   • 7.4 Authenticity of texts and tasks
     • authentic materials can provide meaningful exposure
     • develop a range of communicative competencies
     • enhance positive attitudes
   • 7.5 Acceptability
     • stimulate affective engagement.
     • Have neutral material
   • 7.6 Humanising materials
     • personalise, localise and make meaningful their experience
     • make language learning more humanistic
     • . Deep processing comes from personal involvement as an individual human being,
   • 7.7 Ideology in materials
     • globalisation process
     • a form of linguistic capital
     • students have become recast as learners and consumer
   • 7.8 The roles of new technologies in language-learning materials
     • facilitating reading by making hidden information available
     • organisational advantages such as easy access
     • localised adaptation of materials;
     • interaction in simulated environments

8. 8. Materials development projects

   • Available for commercial publishers
     • Creative projects
       • Generate an impact

9. 9. Research in materials development

   • all materials reflect the writers' theories of language
     • few materials producers are also academic theorists
       • Is more an empirical process
         • But exists some research related
           • Materials evaluation needs to be evaluated

10. 10. Conclusion

    • 10.1 The current situation
      • Awareness of materials
        • Critical thinking related with materials
          • Gain confidence
    • 10.2 Gaps in the literature
      • Exists few literarure
        • Is an unknown field
          • Encourage people to make their apport
    • 10.3 The future of materials development
      • Technology
        • autonomous materials development
          • Personal material