Ateneo de Davao University

ENGL 4165- Language Learning Materials Development

Course Description
Develops the application of the principles, methods, and approaches of translation and
adaptation of various texts.

Course Learning Outcome

Course Outline

1. Introduction: Principles and Procedures of Materials Development

2. Using Corpora in the language classroom

3. The Framework of Materials and Methods

= Naceno
4. Concordances in the classroom without a computer:
assembling and exploiting concordances of common words
= Ramos
5. Current Approaches to Materials Design
= Yrasuegui
6. A framework for materials writing
= Icao
7. Writing course materials for the world: a great compromise
= Suaga
8. How writers write: testimony from authors
= Tacderan
9. The analysis of language teaching materials: inside the Trojan Horse
= Sakay
10. Macro- and micro-evaluations of task-based teaching
= Salinas
11. The process of evaluation: a publisher’s view
= Pesidas
12. Developing language-learning materials with technology
= Untalan
13. New technologies to support language learning
= Salise
14. Squaring the circle – reconciling materials as constraint
with materials as empowerment
= Macasero
15. Lozanov and the teaching text
 = Mabalot
16. Access-self materials

20 items
Knowledge 3
Comprehension 3
Analysis 3
Application 3
Synthesis 3
Evaluation 5