Diseño de Materiales - Week 7 - Coursebook Based Teaching Pt. 2

Introduction: Hello and welcome to Week 7 of the course Diseño de Materiales for the Licenciatura in English Teaching at ULACIT. In this class we will finish our two week focus on effective use of coursebooks in ELT. We will begin by discussing the typical flow and organization of textbook unit content and our likes and dislikes when working with them. Then we will review key concepts from Chapter 4 in McGrath and complete an application task in which we suggest ways to adapt material from a real coursebook..

Today's Goals:

• Discuss motivations for adapting coursebook materials, adaptation techniques, and justifications for their use. 
• Analyze a sample coursebook unit and suggest specific adaptations that can be made to extend and exploit what is there.
• Clarify the goals and instructions of upcoming course assignments: Holistic Student Profile, Evaluation Rubric, and Materials and Macroskills Paper.

Guiding Questions:

• What principles or frameworks can help teachers make better decisions about how to use coursebook materials?
• How can the 3 E's of coursebook adaptation help me make a better use of my materials?

Warm Up: What am I drawing?

Click the first link to access the Jamboard where you will have to draw in your designated space. Then click the second link to generate a random word to draw. Draw as many items as you can in 2 minutes. When the time is up, your partner will try to guess the items you have drawn.

• Drawing Board: CLICK HERE
• Word Generator: CLICK HERE

Now, clear the board and take 60 seconds to draw a visual representation of one of the following items:

• Your typical lesson plan cycle
• The typical organization of an ELT textbook unit

Be ready to describe why you chose to represent it the way you did.

Task 1: Materials Adaptation - Why and How?

Click your group link below and follow the instructions in the document to complete the two tasks.

• Worksheet: CLICK HERE

Task 2: Application - Propose Textbook Adaptations

Click your group link below and follow the instructions in the document to analyze a sample coursebook unit and propose some specific adaptations.

• Worksheet: CLICK HERE

References:

McDonough, J., Shaw, C, & Masuhara, H. (2013). Materials and Methods in ELT: A Teacher’s Guide (3rd Ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

McGrath, I. (2016). Materials Evaluation and Design for Language Teaching (2nd ed.). Edinburgh University Press.