MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT QUIZ

Question 1

WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER IS THE BEST DEFINITION OF MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT?

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Materials development’ refers to all the processes made use of by practitioners who produce and/or use materials for language learning, including materials evaluation, adaptation, design, production, exploitation, and research.

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Materials are propositions for action in the classroom

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materials are brought into use and reinterpreted by teachers and learners.

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materials are aimed at use inside a classroom, they will always bear the hallmarks of the conditions of their production outside the classroom.

Question 2

Here is missing a part of the text. Select the best option that complements it better.

Materials are cultural artifacts, no less rooted in a particular time and culture than any other instance of human activity, and, as such, are shaped by [blank_start]the context in which they occur.[blank_end]

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The context in which they occur.

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The students who use the material

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The material itself

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The commercial context

Question 3

Materials that are produced in a commercial context have an indirect impact on the design of materials and also in the pedagogical porpuses.

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true

Question 4

Talking about  "Material development for language and teaching" What were the conclusions of the comparison of the 8 coursebooks?

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The neglect of literature as a source of potentially engaging texts, the lack of intelligent content at lower levels, the neglect of extensive reading and listening, and ‘the scarcity of real tasks which have an intended outcome other than just the practice of language forms.

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The lack of images, space between lines, they were very simple and did not have elements that represent the learning of a second language.

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All the textbooks talk about the surface culture, include things such as: Food, flags, festivals, fishing, holidays, dances, games, literature, language.

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All the textbooks talk about the deep culture, include things such as values, beliefs, behavior, communication, space, beauty.

Question 5

Taking into account "Teaching language materials and the (very) big picture" write the decade in which humanistic methodologies appeared.

[blank_start]The period from the 1960s[blank_end] onwards is characterized by the emergence of numerous ‘fringe,’ humanistic methodologies, which, although rarely implemented, were much talked about and cited

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The period from the 1960s

Question 6

Choose the correct decade

We see in [blank_start]the 1980s[blank_end] the development of exhaustive tools for the specification of an individual’s particular needs through models such as those proposed by Munby and the continued development of ‘Special Purposes’ as a distinct branch of syllabus design.

Also of particular note during this ‘me decade’ was the recognition that learners have their own unique ways of approaching language study, that is, their own styles and strategies.

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the 1980s

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the 1960s

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the 1990s

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the 1950s

Question 7

PROPONENTS VS OPPONENTS

Proponents of the coursebook argue that it is a cost-effective way of providing the learner with security, system, progress and revision, whilst at the same time saving precious time and offering teachers the resources they need to base their lessons on. It also helps administrators to achieve course credibility, timetable lessons, and standardize teaching. Opponents of coursebooks argue that they can disempower both teacher and learners, cannot cater for the needs and wants of their actual users, are used mainly to impose control and order (e.g. ‘OK, class, turn to page 46 of your textbook

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true

Question 8

Select de missing word that complements better the sentence.

One of the major early books on materials development, Madsen & Bowen (1978), did, however, focus on [blank_start]adaptation[blank_end].

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adaptation

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culture

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students

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teachers

Question 9

Mc Donalds had an impact on the design of English teaching materials

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true

Question 10

Which are the potential benefits of electronic materials?

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All of the above.

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Facilitating reading by making hidden information available, by providing on-the-spot help, by supporting comprehension with graphics, video and sound, and facilitating writing through modeling the genre, demonstrating the process, facilitating brainstorming and research, helping to draft and providing the potential for conferencing, editing and revision

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Organizational advantages such as easy access, convenient storage and retrieval, easy sharing and recycling and cost efficiency; pedagogical advantages such as authenticity, interaction and situated learning; learner advantages such as instant feedback, choice of route and sequence, monitoring of progress, control and empowerment

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Localized adaptation of materials; free source of a variety of authentic texts; out-of-class
opportunities for spoken interaction between learners; development of digital literacy
through comparing and evaluating sources of similar information; choice of routes and activities when using teacher blog materials.

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Collaborative problem-solving activities inside and outside the classroom; interaction in simulated environments such as Second Life; modeling and feedback for pronunciation practice; resources for intensive and extensive listening (and viewing) at the learner’s convenience; opportunities for integrated learning environments.

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