Designing materials 2

Materials can be anything in linguistic, visual,
auditory and kinesthetic forms that are used
to facilitate the teaching and learning process.

 Designing materials play a central role in
teaching and learning;
 It helps teachers to boost their confidence
as well as being a positive and
empowering experience of teacher
autonomy.
 They provide opportunities for teachers
to explore and learn new information
which takes shape in the form of tasks.
Why is it important designing
materials?

 A source of activities for learners practice
and communicative interaction.
 A reference source for learners on grammar,
vocabulary and pronunciation.
 A support for less experienced teachers.
 A source of stimulation and ideas for
classroom activities.
The role of materials

 Will the materials stimulate and
motivate?
 To what extend does the material match
the stated learning objectives and your
learning objectives?
 To what extent will the materials support
the learning process?
Questions to ask when
designing materials

 Good and effective teaching
materials should
 Arouse and mantain learners´ interest
and attention.
Meet the learners needs and backgraound.
Provide examples of language use.
Provide meaningful activities.
Provide opportunities por authentic
learning use.

 Achieve impact
 Help learners develop confidence
Provide relevant and useful
content
Encourage leaners involvement
Take into account that the
learners have different learning
styles

 Foster learning autonomy
 Engage learners effectively and
cognitively.
Promote proposel use of language.
Provide opportunities for outcome
feedback.
Provide the learners with
opportunities to achieve
communicative purpose.

● Motivating students to learn vocabulary.
● Training students to use the language skills in various
situations.
● Providing corporate scenario through materials and
related tasks.
● Motivating students to interact with the learning
materials, peers and discuss topics with teachers.
● Encouraging students to involve themselves in varied
tasks.
Materials should be designed with
these objectives

• Learner needs
Any consideration to desig materials must begin on
base students´ needs.
Factors to Consider When
Designing Materials

• Resources and facilities
Teachers must be realistic about what they can achieve in
terms of materials design and production within the
limitations of available resources and facilities.

 Personal confidence and competence
This will be influenced by the teacher’s level of teaching
experience and his or her perceived creativity or artistic
skills and overall understanding of principles of materials
design and production.

• The curriculum and the context
These are variables that will significantly impact in
desicions about materials; they define the content,
skills and values to be taught.

1. English teaching materials should be
contextualised
Materials should be contextualized to the curriculum
they are intended to address and also contextualised to
the experiences, realities and first language of the
learners.
Guidelines for Designing Effective
English Teaching Materials

2. Materials should stimulate
interaction and be generative in terms
of language.
Language teaching materials should provide situations
where learners need to interact with each other in a
manner that reflects the type of interactions they will
engage in outside of the classroom.

3.English language teaching materials
should encourage learners to develop
learning skills and strategies.
It is important to provide learners with the confidence to
persist in their attempts to find solutions when they have
difficulties in communicating.

4.English language teaching materials
should offer opportunities for integrated
language use.
Materials should give learners opportunities to integrate
all the language skills in an authentic manner and to
become competent.

5. English language teaching materials
should be authentic.
It assesses the student’s ability to efficiently and
effectively use a repertoire of knowledge and skill to
negotiate a complex task.

should be attractive
Criteria for evaluating English language teaching
materials and course books frequently include reference
to the ‘look’ and the ‘feel’ of the product. -Physical
appearance -User-friendliness -Durability -Ability to be
reproduced.

should have appropriate instructions.
Excellent materials fail in their “pedagogical realisation”
because of a lack of clarity in their instructions. For
instructions to be effective, they should be written in
language that is appropriate for the target learners, and
the use of the correct metalanguage can assist with
making instructions more concise and efficient.

1. Flashcards
Examples of some materials that
you can design

 Positive effect on learner motivation
 Exposure to real language
 Encourage more teacher autonomy
 It is empowering
 It is memorable
 It is creative
 It encourages critical evaluation of teaching
materials.
 Personalisation
Advantages designing
materials

 It takes to much time
 It is not always possible to ensure that everyone
is involved.
 Organisatation (materials may lack overall
coherence and clear progression)
 Quality (they may contain errors,be poorly
constructed and lack durability)
Disadvantages designing
materials

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