1. Materials for ELT

2. Language Teaching Materials
Skills
Discourse
(Language Focus)
Grammar
Vocabulary
Pronunciation
Receptive
Productive
Listening
Reading
Speaking
Writing

3. The role of materials A resource for presentation materials
A source of activities for learner practice and communicative interaction
A reference source for learners on grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and so on
A source of stimulation and ideas for classroom activities
A syllabus
A support for less experienced teachers who have yet to gain in confidence
Cunningsworth, A. (1995) Choosing Your Coursebook. Oxford. Heinemann.

4. Authentic versus created materials
Authentic Materials:
Texts, photographs, video selections, and other teaching resources that are not specifically prepared for pedagogical purposes.
Created Materials
Textbooks and other specially developed instructional purposes.

5. Authentic materials Advantages Disadvantages
The provide authentic cultural information about the target culture
They provide exposure to real language
The relate more closely to learner’s need
They support a more creative approach to teaching
Disadvantages
Authentic materials often contain difficult language
Using authentic materials is a burden for teachers

6. Textbooks Advantages Disadvantages
They provide structure and a syllabus for a program
They help standardize instruction
They maintain quality
They provide a variety of learning resource
They are efficient
They can provide effective language models and input
They are visually appealing
Disadvantages
They may contain inauthentic language
They may distort content
They may not reflect students’ needs
They can deskill teachers
They are expensive

7. Adapting Textbooks Modifying content Adding or deleting content
Reorganizing content
Addressing omissions
Modifying tasks
Extending tasks

8. Self-prepared materials
Advantages
Relevance
Develop expertise
Reputation
Flexibility
Disadvantages
Cost
Quality
training

9. Decisions in materials design
Developing aims
Developing objectives
Developing syllabus
Organizing the course into units
Developing a structure for units
Sequencing units

10. Organization of materials
Curriculum level: educational objective  the whole body of knowledge that learners acquire in an educational institution.
Course level: Course objective  specific linguistic content
Instruction level: Learning objective  learning outcomes for a specific meeting/unit

11. Example of material organization
Unit level: read for information
Identifying the topic (theme)
Identifying the main ideas, stated and implied
Distinguishing between the topic and the main idea
Reading for detail
Distinguishing important from unimportant details
Skimming to obtain the gist or a general impression of the semantic content
Scanning to locate specifically required information

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