Materials Development for Language Learning Activities

Materials Development for Language Learning Activities

1. 1. Introduction

   • • What kind of material can we find?
       • -Informative.-Instructional.-Experential-Exploratory.-Eliciting
   • What is the origin?

2. 2. History of Publication on Materials Development.

   • Mid-eigthies to nineties: Articles and specific references
     • 1980: Examples and references
       • Mid nineties to 2000´s: Methodologies
         • 2000´s: Adaptation and systematize
           • Now. It is an academic field

3. 3. Materials evaluation

   • 3.1. Establishing criteria and developing evaluation instruments
     • Assessment
       • Testing? Attractiveness? Stages? Fool-Proof?
         • CRITERIA
           • Universal
           • Local
             • So, is it subjective?
               • Targets, goals, achievements.
   • 3.2. Reporting Evaluations
     • Focused on Practitioners
       • Excess of information
         • Micro & Macro Evaluations
           • Subjective & Theoretically Uninteresting
             • So must be focused on WHO PILOTS the Evaluation TO ILLUSTRATE EFECTIVENESS

4. 4. Materials adaptation

   • Sistematicaly Intuitively
   • Context
     • • Methodology Learners Objectives Teacher
         • Individual Personal Modern
           • Task-Based
           • Communication
             • Interaction
             • Participation
             • Managment
   • • Mc.Grath (2002)
       • 4 evaluate processes
         • Select
           • Section
         • Task
           • Use
           • Understanding
     • Islam & Mares (2003)
       • Learning Styles
         • Autonomy
         • Cognitive Skills
         • Engagement
     • Saraceni (2003)
       • Involve Learners
         • Relevant
         • Universal
           • Provocative Topic
         • Authentic

5. 5. Materials production

   • How writers write
     • Principles Languages Acquisition
       • Target
     • Inspiration
       • Think - Write (Crative Process)
     • Writing Task
       • Analyze
       • Context
         • Report
         • Comprenhesion
   • Principles Development of Materials
     • Principles PRIOR writing
       • SLA
         • Receptive Skills
           • Productive Skills
           • World view
       • How do we think people learn language?
         • Importance
           • Classroom Activities (Meaningful)
           • Topic - Based
           • Text -Based
             • Humanising
             • Approach
         • Needs
           • Teacher (Empower)
           • Learner
           • Flexible Use
   • Effective Materials
     • HUMANISTIC

6. 6. Materials exploitation

   • Effective Use of Materials
     • Humanize
       • Lively Discussions
         • • Textbook (Adaptation)
     • Self-Acess
     • DO
       • • Pedagogical Needs &Goals
       • Teacher-Learner

7. 7. Issues in materials development

   • Are materials the best medium for teaching-learning procesess?
     • Aganist- Allwrigth, 1981
       • Denied: Needs and Wants
         • Impose control and order.
           • Eg. Ok, class turn to page 46 of your textbook.
     • Defence, O´Neil, 1982
   • 7.2 The need for publishing materials
     • Can I use my own textbook?
       • My textbook, My Ss, My needs
         • Confidence-creativity
   • 7.3 Pedagogic approches
     • Methodologies changed- Pedagogy did not
     • PPP Approches
       • Discrete forms, listen and repeat, dialogue repetition, matching and filling the gaps.
     • Language awareness approach
       • Experience the text, the analyze it
     • Now, Task-based approach
   • 7.4 Authenticity of text and tasks
     • Do the texts prepare Ss for real world?
       • Material is not authentic, interaction with it does.
   • 7.5: Aceptability
     • excessive caution on "taboo topics"
       • Marital violence
       • Drugs abuse
       • Sexim
       • Racism
       • There is not affective engagement
   • 7.7 Ideology in materials
     • English LT
       • Globalisation process
       • Promotes western capitalist and materialistic values
     • Learners- consumers?
     • Criitical possition

8. 8. Materials development projects

   • Sponsored by ministeries and institutions
   • Market offer is not enough

9. 9. Research in materials development

   • There is not much research
     • Writer´s theories vs research
   • Long-term research- investment
   • Editorial do not publish researchs.
     • Materials should be oriented into a research-oriented framework. (Chapelle, 2008)
       • More PH. D?

10. 10. Conclusion

    • The current situation
      • Material development
        • Academic field
          • Personalize
          • Personalize
        • Practical undertaking
          • Critical course-book
          • Critical course-book
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        • Facilitate Language adquisition
    • 10.2 Gaps in the literature
      • Effect types of materials
      • No How to encourage
        • New Materials
          • Learner and teacher
    • 10.3 The future of materials
      • Appropiated materials
        • Do it.
        • Flexible courses
          • Adquisition( Class-room)

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