LTM and the very big picture

LTM and the very big picture

1. Introduction

   • The materials are always related to the social phenomena such as; Context, History, Perspectives, Atittudes, Values, Concepts and Socio-Political Relations.

2. 1950's to 1960's and the Cold War

   • Robert Lado develop an efficient methodology to teach English through drills and language labs.

3. Late 1960's to late 1970's

   • Alternative and humanistic ways to learn such as; Suggestopedia, the Silent way.
     • Materials: Self-study, Self-access work, teacherless learning.

4. 1970's to the mid 1980's

   • Students had unique ways of approaching language, they also had control about their own linguistic needs and wants.

5. The mid 1980's onwards

   • Centralised and standarised view of what language teaching should be about.

6. McDonaldization

   • Materials were standarised, predictable and homogenized.

7. Neo-liberalism

   • Marketing in education is the rule.

8. Conclusion

   • Language teaching would be: Experimentatio, Innovation and Re-thinking in materials.