Selecting Materials- Teacher's Role

Dear teacher-students,

Here you can find the questions we will be discussing in tomorow's class taking into account the books you will bring.

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SELECTING MATERIALS. Teacher’s role.

Here is a checklist of questions to ask when selecting course books.

1-    What sort of approach does the book appear to adopt?

2-    Does one approach predominate? Which? Support your answer.

3-    How are new teaching points graded?

4-    Is the organization of the course book linear or cyclical?

5-    Are there any special pages of units for revision, self testing or reference?

6-    What are the art work and layout like? Are they attractive? Are they useful or only decorative?

7-    Does the book induce examples of authentic language and material?

8-    Does the book include workbooks, tests, tapes, videos, etc…?

9-    Is the book easy to follow? Does it contain an index?

10-                      Does the material have a specific cultural setting or is it non culture –specific?

11-                      Can you spot any notable omissions? Will you have to supplement the book in any way?

12-                      How is each unit titled? Is it clear? Functional?

13-                      How is new language presented?

14-                      Does the presentation of new activities force the teacher to follow the unit sequence of the book?

15-                      How new language is presented in each unit? Is it appropriate for your children?

16-                      What kind of practice activities are there? Are they motivating and meaningful?

17-                      How much variety of activities is there?

18-                      How is the vocabulary presented?

19-                      Is there an opportunity for reviewing at the end of each unit?

20-                       How are the different skills treated? Are they integrated?

Maura Imelda Día

M.A in applied linguistics