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Teaching Materials in EIL
English-as-an-International-Language (EIL) :star:
EIL courses/teachers depend on well designed teaching materials+linguistic samples of world Englishes+metalinguistic discussions
Brown (1995) stated that teaching materials=techniques/exercises to be used in classroom teaching
Learners learn better=relate to the material and find the material real and meaningful (Howard, 2003)
Traditional Practices and Principles :star:
Matsuda (2002)-ELT teaching materials=focus on standards varieties from the UK/the US
Authentic materials=reinforce assumption that English-Inner Circle. The reason for learning the language is to interact with native speakers
Criteria for Evaluating Teaching Materials :star:
Goal of the curriculum/needs of learners/focus of the course
American/British English=popular for instructional models-respected in many international context
Varieties of English and raise enough awareness about the linguistic diversity of English :star:
Increase learner's awareness of English varieties=TM include multiple varieties of English=textual/audio/visual samples of other varieties of English=lesson focus-chapters to read about different national varieties of English
English no longer belongs to native speakers of English (Graddol, 1997)
Whose cultures are represented? :star:
1 source of cultural content is global culture=topics cut across national boundaries/relevant to the global society=world piece and environment conservation
2 source the cultures of their future interlocutors-functional diversity of the language
3 source=learner's own culture
Steps for supplementing materials :star:
Needs analysis-completed as a part of the curriculum development
Gaps between the learner's needs+materials provide should be explored
Gaps are identified=materials should be found-textbooks/audio and movie clips/newspapers/websites/personal websites/blogs/social networking
Article-Teaching Materials in EIL
Author-Aya Matsuda
Reading map done by-Zukhra Khakimova 5T
