UNIT 25 SELECTION AND USE OF SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS AND ACTIVITIES

As we know in education and specially when teaching a second language, we must have a diverse choice of supplementary materials for our classes, the use of books which include grammar, vocabulary, phonology practice materials, collections of communicative activities, teacher’s resources and web materials. Supplementary materials could be also newspapers, magazines, articles videos, etc. these types of materials are called authentic sources.

To fit these materials into our syllabus, we have to get the right choice from them, according to the purpose we want to gain from those sources and answering the question will be adequate according to my student’s level? If we do that we will have a successful class with a huge variety of learning opportunities for our students.

Here there are some selection of classroom aids

Aids:

Resources and equipment available to use in the classroom, as well as the resources we can bring into the classroom are:

•          Cassette recorders

•          CD players

•          Video recorders

•          Overhead projectors

•          Beamer

•          Visual aids

•          Realia

•          Flashcards

•          Puppets

Source: Spratt, M., Pulverness, A., & Williams, M. (2011). The Teachink Knowledge Tests Course . United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.