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:star:Teaching Materials in EIL - Coggle Diagram
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Teaching Materials in EIL
High prestige source of input
Textbooks, Audio Visual (AV) materials
Official Websites: Countries and Cities, International Organizations, etc.
Media: Newspapers and News Scripts
:silhouettes:Because the process of curriculum creation is not always evident to instructors and is often unknown to students,
Dubin and Olstain
(1986) claim that "the concrete element that provides a language course face legitimacy to many learners and teachers is the textbook" (p. 167).
EIL courses
to become part of the globalized world
represent English as a pluralistic and dynamic entity
show linguistic and cultural diversity of English
One of the most significant aims of EIL classes is to
to become aware of and sensitive to differences in forms, uses, and users, and to learn to accept (or at the very least tolerate) such variances
:silhouettes:The Inner Circle (Kachru, 1985) dominates in representations of English users, notably the UK and the US.
Criteria for Evaluating Teaching Materials
Goals
Learners needs
varieties of English represented
pre-packaged teaching materials (CDs)
supplemental materials
a lesson focus material
cultural content sources
global culture
culture(s) of their future interlocutors
learner's own culture
Steps for Supplementing Materials
Meet needs of learners
Meet the Needs of the Learners Adequately
Identified Gaps should be Filled