UNIT 24Selection and use of course book

materials

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Course book materials are all the materials in a course book package that we use in the classroom to present and practice language, to develop learners’ language skills

HOW DO WE SELECT AND USE COURSE BOOK MATERIALS?

A course book package usually includes a student’s book, a teacher’s book and audio and or video recording

① Is the material visually attractive?

② Does the visual material help learners to understand context and meaning?

③ Is the material well organized?

④ Is the culturally appropriate?

⑤ Is it suitable for your learners’ age and their needs and interests?

Problems Strategies Possible solutions

The task or exercise is too short

Extending material Write extra items, following the same pattern

The task or exercise is too long

Shortening material Give different parts of the text or task to different learners

The task doesn’t suit the learners’ learning style

Change the methodology

Change the interaction pattern, e.g. use a matching task as a mingling activity(in this case learners move around the class to find their partners)

Problems Strategies Possible solutions

The texts or tasks are too easy or too difficult

Changing the level of the material

Make material more/less challenging

The activities in the units in the book always follow the same sequence

Reordering material Change the order of the material e.g. ask learners to cover up a page or a part of a page, so that they focus on what you want them to do first.

There is not enough practice material in a particular unit

Making use of all the resources in the book

Use extra material from the book : grammar summaries, word list, lists of irregular verbs, etc.

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