GUIDELINES

FOR
DESIGNING ELT
MATERIALS
BASED ON (HOWARD & MAJOR,2004)
DIDÁCTICA DE LAS LENGUAS
EXTRANJERAS
LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT-UPN
 ADVANTAGES OF TEARCHERS DESIGNING THEIR ELT MATERIAL

• 1.CONTEXTUALIZATION (Students’ context, reality, heterogeinity).

• 2. INDIVIDUAL NEEDS (students’ real needs and level)
• 3.PERSONALISATION (Personal teaching touch, students’ interests and learning styles)
• 4.TIMELINESS (Up-to-date relevant and hight interest topics and task for local or international events)
 DISADVANTAGES OF TEACHERS’ DESIGNING THEIR OWM
MATERIALS

• 1. ORGANIZATION (Poorly focus activities lacking direction).

• 2. QUALITY (They may contain errors, be poorly constructed, lack clarity in layout and print and lack
durability, and lack of clear instructions.)
• 3. TIME (Sometimes is not viable at least not all the time).
 FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN DESIGNING MATERIALS

• 1. Learners (Need analysis, Knowing learners, students’ experiences, lide and educational, learning
preferences, purposes for learning English)
• 2. Curriculum
• 3. The curriculum and the context (Impact on decisions and materials).
• 4. Resources and facilities (Be realistic about the institutions resources).
• 5. Personal confidence and competence. (Teacher’s level of teaching experience, skills, creativity,
understanding of materials design principles).
• 6. Copyright compliance (Teachers must be aware of copy rights laws and restritions).
GUIDELINES FOR DESIGNING EFFECTIVE ENGLISH TEACHING MATERIALS

• Guideline 1: English language teaching materials should be contextualized

GUIDELINE 2: MATERIALS SHOULD STIMULATE INTERACTION AND BE
GENERATIVE IN TERMS OF LANGUAGE
GUIDELINE 3: ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING MATERIALS SHOULD
ENCOURAGE LEARNERS TO DEVELOP LEARNING SKILLS AND STRATEGIES
GUIDELINE 4: ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING MATERIALS SHOULD ALLOW FOR
A FOCUS ON FORM AS WELL AS FUNCTION
GUIDELINE 5: ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING MATERIALS SHOULD
OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTEGRATED LANGUAGE USE
GUIDELINE 6: ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING MATERIALS SHOULD BE
AUTHENTIC
GUIDELINE 7: ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING MATERIALS SHOULD LINK TO EACH OTHER
TO DEVELOP A PROGRESSION OF SKILLS, UNDERSTANDINGS AND LANGUAGE ITEMS
GUIDELINE 8: ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING MATERIALS SHOULD BE
ATTRACTIVE
GUIDELINE 9: ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING MATERIALS SHOULD
HAVE APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTIONS
GUIDELINE 10: ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING MATERIALS SHOULD BE
FLEXIBLE

• In terms of content, roles, and procedures. Also, in terms of aproach, level , methodology, teaching style,
evaluation, and expected outcomes.