ADAPTING

CLASSROOM MATERIALS
BY CARLOS ISLAM AND CHRIS MARES

Lizeth Fernanda Patiño and

Catherine López Quiñones
Good morning and
welcome, guys!
 Reasons for adaptation
According to McDonough and Shaw
Reading passages contain too much llustrative material is not
unknown vocabulary culturally acceptable
Amount of material is too
Comprehension questions are
great or too little
too easy
There is not guidance for teachers about
Listening passages are how to hand group work
inauthentic Dialogues are too formal

There are not enough guidance on There is audio material difficult to use
pronunciation
Too much or too little variety in
Subject matter is inappropriate for
the activities
learners
 Reasons for adaptation
According to Cunnigsworth

The dynamics of the classroom

The availability of resources

The personalities of the students

The expectations and motivations of

the learners
The problems in study programs
 Adaptation is appropiate
when
an exercise is too mechanical or too there is too much emphasis on written
complicated or spoken skills

there is too much emphasis cultural references

on grammar

topics are not interesting an image is unfriendly or has low

to students quality
 Reasons for adaptation
According to Candlin and Breen

Materials do not provide Activities and tasks do not

enough opportunities for negotiation promote enough communicative
performance.

Activities and tasks do not

Materials do not provide
promote co-participation
enough opportunities for interpersonal or
social negotiation
Objectives for Adaptation
According to McDonough and Shaw

Personalize Localize

Individualize Modernize
 Islam and Mares include
Add real choice Encourage higher-level cognitive skills

Cater for all sensory learner styles Make the language input more accessible

Provide for more learner autonomy Make the language input more engaging
Techniques for adaptation
techniques that may be used when we want to adapt a material

Adding, extending and expanding

Reordering

Deleting; subtracting and abridging

Replacing material

Simplifying
MATERIALS
ADAPTION
SCENARIO ONE
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