IPG KAMPUS IPOH / SEM 6 2015 (L3)

TSL3113
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Developing and Using Resources for

Primary ESL Classroom

TOPIC 3
Individual Task:
Personalizing of a curriculum is recommended. Suggest at least five criteria which you think
should be included in evaluation of materials and teaching aids. Then, justify the inclusion of
these critieria based on the context of your own school.
Group work:
Get into groups of four and share the criteria and justification with the rest of the group
members. Interaction and exchanging of opinion should be carried out during presentation.

TOPIC 5

Group Task:
Discuss the four theoretical principles which underpin writing of the planning and writing of
materials.
Tutorial task A :
1. Looked at the educational framework in which we all work. With references to this, you
might like to think about who actually evaluates materials in your educational system;
that is, what is the role of published materials and therefore the of evaluation? Do
teachers do it (by themselves, jointly with other teacher/students?), or does the Ministry
of Education choose or write the materials for you?
2. You might also like to think about the criteria you used to select the ELT materials you
are using at the moment. Or, if you did not select the materials, think about the criteria
you would use. Discuss your answer with a colleague if at all possible. Did you select the
same criteria? Note down your answers because we shall refer to them again at the end
of this chapter to see how far the criteria you mention overlap with ours.
Tutorial task B :
Look at the blurb and the introduction to the materials you typically use. What kinds
of information do they give you?
To give an overview of some typical blurbs, we have selected a range of examples
taken from EFL course books. We may notice how certain Key words and
expression come up time and time again.
As you are reading them, note down some of the claims that are made for the
materials that you would want to investigate further in the next (internal evaluation)
stage.