Adapting Material

Members of Group 3 :
Cut rizka fadlina
Maulidaturrahmi
Meriska putri utami
Putri zaharutul baiza
What is adapting materials?
• Adapting material means matching
material with the learners need and the
learning objective.
Adapting Material
• The Context of Adaptation
• The Reason of Adapting
• Principles and Procedures
• A Framework for Adaptation
 The Context Of Adaptation
• Adopting • Adapting
Adoption is concerned Adaptation is concerns
with whole coursebooks the part that make up
that whole
The factor of adaptation

External (what we Internal (what the

have) materials offer)
• Learner • Choice of topics
characteristics • Skills covered
• Physical environment • Proficiency level
• Resources • Grading of exercises
• Class size
Reasons for Adapting
The adaptation identified by the teacher is divided
into several aspects :

1. Aspects of language use,

2. Skills,
3. Classroom organization and
4. Supplementary material
Principles and procedures
• Personalize
• Individualize
• Localize the content
The main technique that can be applied to content

Congruence
Content
Quantitative and qualitative effect
Techniques
• Adding
• Deleting
• Modifying
• Simplifying
• Reordering
Adding
• Perspective on addition of material
Pronunciation in the materials
Skill of listening
Addition of a discussion section at the end of the
unit
Deleting or Omitting
There are type of requirement on deleting or
omitting.
Pronunciation exercises on too much general
material.
Coursebook has been selected as relevant in the
situation
Modifying
There are two aspects of Modification
 Rewriting
 Restructuring
Simplifying
For instance, simplify according to:
Sentence structure
Lexical content
Grammatical structures
Reordering
• A reordering of material is appropriate in
the following kinds of situations
Materials typically present ‘the future’ by
‘will’ and ‘going to’
Duration of teaching programs
Regrouping and putting together
A Framework for Adaptation
The principle of adaptation is based fit together:
• Choose the material
• Designed the material
• Referring the technique
• Discuss the decision back (if possible)
Conclusion
• Adaptation is a very practical activity carried out
mainly by teachers in order to make their work
more relevant to the learners. However, it is not
just an exercise done in self-contained
methodological isolation.