83 83 Supplementary materials and activities

Revise

1 For questions 1–10, complete the sentences with words and phrases
from the box. ’ AK
activities coursebook exam practice books extensive reading games
graded readers learning outcomes mixed-ability classes websites
supplementary materials teachers’ resource books

1 Many students prepare for public tests by using _______________.

2 Many teachers get lesson ideas from _______________, which include many
teaching ideas.
3 Many teachers use supplementary materials in _______________ where different
students need different types of activity.
4 Teachers can go to _______________ on the internet and find lesson plans and lots
of teaching ideas.
5 There are many _______________ (such as workbooks, practice books etc.) that
students and teachers can use.
6 We call books such as novels and fairy stories which have been specially written
for students _______________, and most teachers believe that using them for
_______________ is very good for language acquisition – especially when
students enjoy and understand what they are reading.
7 We need to be sure that _______________ which we decide to use do not take too
long to organise – otherwise we waste time.
8 We should remember that some students like _______________ but others do not
enjoy them as much, especially when they have a competitive element.
9 When we use supplementary materials and activities we need to know what the
_______________ will be for what we have chosen.
10 Many teachers like to bring in their own materials and activities to supplement the
_______________ that they are using.

Research

2 Go to a bookshop (or to a bookseller’s website) or look at a catalogue

from a large English language teaching publisher, and answer the
following questions.
1 How many categories of supplementary materials (excluding dictionaries) can you
find?
2 Which category is the biggest (i.e. has the most titles)?
3 Which book would you most like to use as a language learner and as a teacher?

Reflect

3 Consider the following questions. ’ AK

1 Do you like playing games, doing puzzles etc.?
2 What is the game you like playing best?
3 Could the game be used in any way in an English-language lesson?
4 How would you have to change it to make it appropriate for language learning?

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