Language Teaching Materials

Start with the materials development maps

The mind map Materials development for language learning and teaching is a useful place to begin. It introduces materials development as a practical activity involving production, evaluation and adaptation. It also distinguishes universal and local evaluation contexts. Use it to get an overview before looking more closely at individual aspects of the topic.

For another perspective, L.T.M. a Very Big Picture maps materials alongside social context and interaction between teacher and learner. Looking at both maps can help you compare how their creators organize the topic.

Check your understanding with a quiz

After studying a map, try Quiz Materials. It includes a true-or-false question about materials development as a field of academic study and refers to a reading on the topic. Use your answers to identify points you want to look at again in the maps.

Materials Development Quiz is another option on the page. The quizzes and maps were made by GoConqr users, so their approaches to the topic may differ. You can use that variety to compare ways of presenting materials development.

Explore other formats

The page also lists flashcards, including Materials Development, and notes on materials development for language learning and teaching. The notes describe materials as resources that can facilitate language learning. A further mind map, Materials dev for language learning & Teaching, gives examples such as coursebooks, videos, flashcards, games and websites.

Move between the formats according to what you are studying: a map for connections, notes for written explanations and a quiz to check your understanding.

See the topic in its unit

Language Teaching Materials is a section of a wider unit in the English language subject. The resources here focus on the materials side of that unit, from how materials are understood to how they are developed and evaluated. Choose a resource and explore the approach that interests you.