After looking at two different models of course design, the seminar looked at a study (presented by Ian McGrath in ELT Journal) of how teachers and learners view coursebooks. Those teachers who viewed coursebooks as a guide used metaphors suchRead more…
The second seminar looked at how when professional material developers create materials the process is often chaotic, ad hoc and spontaneous. In his state-of-the-art article, Tomlinson (2012) mentions two studies that looked at how writers actually write materials. Many reported relyingRead more…
The first session of the teaching materials module asked the question: What are materials? According to Tomlinson (2012) materials are “anything that can be used to facilitate the learning of a language” such as coursebooks, videos, graded readers, flash cards, games,Read more…