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- 1What are materials?Anything which is used by teachers and learners to facilitate the learning of a language (Tomlinson 2011, p2 ). The defining characteristic of materials is that the materials designer builds in a pedagogic purpose. (Timmis, forthcoming).
- 2What is materilas develepment?Materials development refers to all the processes made use of by practitioners who produce and/or use materials for language learning, including materials evaluation, their adaptation, design, production, exploitation and research.
Tomlinson 2012, p143-4. - 3Why develop materials when we have course books?There may be a closed circle at work here, wherein textbooks merely grow from and imitate other textbooks and do not admit the winds of change from research, methodological experimentation, or classroom feedbackSheldon, 1988, p. 239
- 4Input- Rich meaningful, comprehensible input consisting of authentic language in authentic use of Cognitive challenge
- Input serves not just to teachlanguage but to release it
Tomalin - 5The noticing hypothesisInput does not become intake for language learning unless it is noticed, i.e. consciously registered Schmidt 2010
People learn about the things that they pay attention to and do not learn much about the things they do not attend to ibid
Subliminal language learning is impossible […] noticing is the necessary and sufficient condition for converting input to intake
Schmidt 1990
–‘Noticing-the-gap’
–Directing learners’ attention (awareness-raising)
–Inductive process (OHE)
c.f. Data-driven learning (DDL) - 6Principle 1 - Affective challenge: materials need to engage the learner affectively –HOW?Principle 2 - Materials need to help learners feel at ease.
- 7Principle 3 - Cognitive challenge: Input needs to engage the learner cognitively -HOW?Principle 3 - Materials need to provide opportunities for meaningful, purposeful language use.
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