Materials Adaptation and

Development in FLT

Solutions Elementary – Course Book Evaluation

Prepared by :Enver EserliMuhammed Ak

Syllabus?Communicative Syllabus

Greeting agreeing

warning

offering informing

advising

functions/notions?

real language?

cultural and topical material?

Linear

PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Durable ?

Affordable?Attractive?

How to get?

too BIG or small?Only one book?

Content

Content

Appropriate Skills ?Listening

Appropriate Skills ?Listening

Appropriate Skills ?Listening

Appropriate Skills ?Reading

Appropriate Skills ?Writing

Appropriate Skills ?Writing

Appropriate Skills ?Speaking

Appropriate Skills ?Speaking

Sub-Skills ?Skimming Scanning

Topics

Topics

Authentic English ?

Advertisements

Postcards

Interviews

E-Mails

Application Letters

Content Organization

Can we do it correctly ?

Inner Organization ?

Lesson A - Vocabulary and listeningLesson B - GrammarLesson C- CultureLesson D - GrammarLesson E- ReadingLesson F- Everyday EnglishLesson G - WritingGet ready for your examLanguage Review/Skills Round-up

Inner Organization & Content SequencingWithin Units ?

Inner Organization & Content SequencingWithin Units ?

Inner Organization & Content SequencingWithin Units ?

Inner Organization & Content SequencingWithin Units ?

Challenging ?

Visuals …

Vocabulary & Structures

Vocabulary Load

Vocabulary Recycle

Vocabulary Presentation techniques & Activities

Vocabulary Presentation Techniques & Activities

Grammar Load

Grammar Recycle

Grammar in Different Contexts

Vocabulary in Different Contexts

Grammar presentation techniques and activities

Deductive Teaching

Some Activities

AppropriatenessOr Accuracy

?

Changing Order of Units

?

What about Skipping

?

METHODOLOGY

Teacher

centered ?

Deductive or İnductive

grammar ?

Satisfactory ?

Process or Product oriented ?

Pictures, maps, plans etc.

Speaking & info gap activities

Pair work, group work activities

Listening activities, songs

Act out, role play activities

LEARNİNG STRATEGİES Cognitive (enable the learner to

understand and produce new language.

Speaking activities

Memory-related strategies (help learners store and retrieve information in an orderly string.

Social(will help learners work with and interact with other people.)pair work, info-gap activities

Teacher’s Book

•The book gives insufficient or very little information about the rationale,

• The index used in the teacher’s book is barely not helpful, and does notprovide enough guidence for teachers,

• Although correct answers are included in the book (p.33-2,7, etc.),suggestions/ possible answers are ignored.

•Tape-scripts of many activities are included in the book; however, some tape-scripts which are even included in the course book are not included in the teacher’s book(p.69).

•There are many additional activities at the end of the teacher’s book

•There are many additional activities at the end of the teacher’s book

•TIPS ?

•There are not any sample exam sheets,

• Time Limitations?

Probable Problem Suggestions

Probable Pronounciation Problems

Probable Grammar Problems

CULTURAL TİPS

Enver ESERLİ

&

Muhammed AK

Thanks for listening