UNIT 24 SELECTION AND USE OF COURSEBOOK MATERIALS

One of the main questions to answer while we select to use coursebook materials would be how do we select and use coursebook materials?

 Coursebook materials are all the materials in coursebook package that we use in a classroom. Teachers often base their selection of teaching material on a “needs analysis”. Here we have to think carefully on the things

To build up a class profile we have to consider the gender, the amount of students we have, the age, the average of percentage of students.

To choose our coursebook, we need to answer some important questions. The right chose depends on the answers to those questions: Is the material visually attractive? Is the material well organized? Is it culturally appropriate? Is it suitable for your learners’ age and their needs and interests? Will the topics be motivating to suit their age, gender, experience, and personal interests of your learners? Is the material at the right level? Does it give learners enough opportunities to use the language?

In case that we couldn’t have the expectations we had about the coursebooks, we should do the following.

·         Replace the coursebook material.

·         You need to use materials with the same focus/aims from the other resource.

·         Some examples: teachers’ website or supplementary materials.

·         The other choice is to adapt the coursebook material.

·         You can change it to make it suitable for you students.

·         There are many ways you can use to adapt material that is not suitable. Here are some ideas
Source: Spratt, M., Pulverness, A., & Williams, M. (2011). The Teachink Knowledge Tests Course . United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.