UNIT 24: SELECTION AND USE OF COURSEBOOK MATERIALS

It is the most interesting unit studied in this module because refers to the coursebook package which usually include a teacher's book, the tapescript, a student's book and a workbook or activity book. There is also a CD-ROM with an interactive whiteboard or extra material on a website.
All of this coursebook package is based on the study and analisis of the learnes' level, language needs and ineterests that is the class profile. I think the success of language teaching is based in the selection and appropiate use of coursebook materials during the long academic period. I know also that government try to impose educators to use the books they published it is mandatory for public education. However, if we work at private language schools we can use many coursebook package that will motivate students to become in autonomous learners.

Also teachers can adap the material used in the classroom. The strategies to be used are: extending material, shortening material, changing the metodology, changing the level of the material, reordering material and making use of all the resources in the book.

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Furthermore, the coursebook usually provides the main content for a lesson, while teachers need to personalise materials for the use of the learners. For instance,

Teacher's activities: -Warmers: They are useful to provide context or situation for teaching.

                              -Pictures: Teachers can provide instructions for them.

                              -Dialogues: Teachers can apply role-plays using dialogues.

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