TSLB3093

LANGUAGE ARTS IN THE PRIMARY ESL

CLASSROOM

TOPIC 2

WEEK 4
28 Feb – 4 Mac 2022

Updated by Nurhezrin Anuar

Selection and adaptation criteria of
materials/ activities and techniques
for young learners
 KEY WORDS

SELECTION

ADAPTATION
 KEY WORDS

TECHNIQUES
A WAY OF DOING AN ACTIVITY THAT NEEDS SKILL/ PLANNING

ACTIVITIES  

any kind of purposeful classroom procedure that involves learners doing

something that relates to the goals of the course. For example singing a song,
playing a game, taking part in a debate, having a group discussion, are all
different kinds of teaching activities.

https://www.professorjackrichards.com/difference-task-exercise-activity/
 Interest

Language level
Visual Features and potential

Selection and ad
aptation criteria

Cultural Moral
content values
 Interesting

Visual Layout and design

features
Engaging and
colourful
 • Characters and storyline that appeals to the
pupils
Interest • Consider children’s interests
• Appropriate to their age, gender, cultural
background etc.
 Target language-
vocabulary

Language Repetition
level and
potential Meaningful

Grammar complexity and

sentence length
 Appropriate

Do not include negative

Cultural racial/cultural
content stereotypes
Cultural diversity
 Clear message

Moral Good moral values

values
Appropriate and
relatable to their age
Materials adaptation: Why?

✔ degree of language proficiency and

confidence
✔ previous personal learning experience as
learners rather than as teachers
- own personality (introvert/extrovert,
open/closed etc)
✔ preferred teaching style
(directive/consultative, etc)
✔ cultural background.
 ✔ to include tasks that are missing
✔ to make it fun
✔ to increase communication
✔ to make it simpler
✔ to translate L1-L2 to save time
✔ to meet the learner’s needs
Why? ✔ to fit the context
✔ to meet the learner’s interest
✔ to modernise
✔ to change the dynamic
✔ to aid comprehension
 • Adding – expanding and extending

Different • Deleting - omitting/ reducing/subtracting

• Modifying –
altering/rewriting/restructuring
techniques • Simplifying
• Reordering
of • Creating other materials

adaptation
 Testing your
understanding……….
• Use the checklist to decide whether you
should select this text.
For which level?
To teach what?
• How would you adapt this text? Why?
TUTORIAL
TASKS

1. Work in groups of 4.
2. Using one of the genres you have
selected, justify your choice of
selection using the criteria of text
selection:
-Language level and potential
-Visual features
-Interest
-Cultural content
-Moral values
3. Adapt it to be used in either a
remedial/enrichment class, using
the different techniques of
adaptation.