Language
Informative
Brochure
Through the first session carried out in
September 25th, 26th and 27th, 2015,
students from the Master in English
Didactics attended interesting talks on
a wide variety of topics related to the
creation and use of teaching materials
in EFL contexts. They also participated
in the design and creation of important
constituents of an E-portfolio which will
hopefully be soon available for those
who are interested in language
teaching and learning resources and
materials.
Learning
Resources
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Websites
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Sergio Ospina Tellez
Yenifer Agudelo Correa
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Language Learning Resources
Universidad de Caldas
September 25th, 2015
During the first part of the session, professor Yamith
Fandio made a review and provided a further explanation on the reading What do we want teachingmaterials for in EFL teacher training programs? by
Dr. Mehrak Rahimi.
Later, students were asked to make an introductory
activity which consisted on reading a list of materials
and choosing the ones students would take with
them to teach adults in a particular extreme context.
Then, students were asked to discuss and share their
preferences and the reasons for chooosing them.
After the enriching discussion, the professor shared
a very overwhelming letter he found in a magazine
during his flight to Manizales, Colombia. The students
made a deep reflection from this letter based on their
experience as teachers.
Some time after, professor Fandio started explaining
a second material called Guas Integradas para diseo de materiales which contained relevant and summarized information on how to make Synoptic charts.
After that, the students designed a synoptic chart
based on the principles proposed by Loughran, and
Russell (2006) and adapted by Rahimi in his reading
What do we want teaching-materials for in EFL
teacher training programs?
September 26th, 2015
September 26th, 2015
In the second part of the session, professor Yamith Fandio
made an overview on language learning resources. He made
a summary on the reading Language Teaching Materials
and the (Very) Big Picture by Littlejohn (2012) which offers the origins of teaching materials throughout different
decades in history. Then, he asked the students to continue
working with the material Guas Integradas para diseo de
materiales in the section Timelines.
The third part of the session started with a brief expla-
After reading such material, students created a timeline
using some websites, to illustrate one of the decades presented by Littlejohn in his reading in regards to ELT materials.
teaching and learning settings by Nez, A., & Tllez, M.
In the afternoon, Professor Fandio showed
some videos in regards
to didactics of language
teaching resources.
Among the videos, there
were a couple of interesting speeches made by
Jack C. Richards, an internationally renowned specialist in second and foreign
language teaching.
Later, professor Fandio continued expanding the content
from the readings Managing resources and using materials
written by Gower, R., Walters, S., & Phillips, D. (2005), and
Materials and resources for ELT by Trujillo, F., Torrecillsa, J., & Salvadores, C. (2004). Afterwards, he asked the
students to design and create a comparative matrix in
groups. Finally, students created and account on Google
Sites, a website commonly used to create portals for people to see information about companies, products or services.
nation of the APA rules and a demonstration on the kind
of magazines and articles researchers must take into
account when consulting, writing articles or carrying out
research projects.
Then, professor Yamith Fandio made a quick overview
on the reading ELT materials: The key to fostering effective
(2009).
Students ended this first session designing this brochure
to practice the creation of this material for language
teaching and learning purposes, thus informing those
who may be concerned about this interesting process.
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