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Teaching Materials in EIL
Introduction
Regardless of the language,textbooks and other teaching materials play an important role in foreign language classrooms
six components of a language curriculum :needs analysis, goals and objectives,testing, teaching, program evaluation Brown(1995).
the process of curriculum design is not so clear to teachers- a language course face validity is the textbook Dubin and Olstain(1986).
a source of input
textbook and Audio Visual materials
a vital role in the construction of students'perception of and beliefs about the target language
Teaching materials may hold an even more important place in English -as -an -international-language(EIL)
A goal is to prepare the learners to use English to become part of the globalized world.
Evaluation, selection and development of teaching materials
books, workbooks, teachers' resource books, realia and various audio-visuals.
What teachers and administrators regularly do: select published materials and develop their own
presents
1.criteria
2.steps for modifying or suplementing
possible sources
Traditional Practices and Principles
goals is to develop awareness of and sensitivitytoward differences- in norms, uses, and users and to respect those differences
EIL teaching materials must support and promote
heterogeneiity
" standard" varieties from the UK and the US
Who speaks English and for what purposes
to make teaching materials more comprohensive and useful for both teachers and students of EIL
Practices and Principles for an Framework
Accurately textbooks and other teaching materials
levels,quality of exercises
comprehensiveness and appropriateness
needed to be modified or added
Criteria for Evaluating Teaching Maerials -variety
multiple varieties
the dominant instructional model
American and British English - may be reasonable choice
careful selection and development of teaching materials
Criteria of Evaluating Teaching Materials-Adequate Exposure
fluent in only a limited set of English
students must understand that the variety they are learning is one of many
to become fluent
there are several ways to increase students' awareness of English varieties using appropriate materials
to focus predominantly on one variety of English
a lesson focus
Variety of Speakers
English no longer belongs exclusively to native speakers
English textbooks and other teaching materials
legitimate members of the community