MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT IN ELTQuestionnaire for Discussion and Presentation
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DIRECTIONS• Answer the questions which have been assigned
to you based on your own realities and work environment. Use the anthology provided for Materials Development in ELT: I, II and III Educational Cycles CONARE-MEP-UCR.
• Refer to your Language Resource Book currently in progress.
• Create and deliver a presentation to the group based on the questions assigned from the reading material in the anthology.
• Be creative and think outside the box.• Mediate information and understanding with
pictures, sound and/or video.
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“Cyberspace is humanity’s new habitat.” –Prof. Dr. Gilberto Hernández Quirós
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Questions 1 to 5 Yohana Aguirre Álvarez www.yohanaaguirre.blogspot.com
1. Define “materials development in ELT.”2. Make a list of reasons why materials
should be created and customized.3. Expand and give examples on
• the need to communicate• the need for long-term goals• the need for authenticity• the need for student-centeredness
4/5. Expand on Tomlinson’s principles for materials development. Zero in on 6 principles stressed on page 4.
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Questions 6 to 10 Virginia Baker Casanova6. What is understood as “authentic input”? Comment on its
importance.
7. Which are some good ways to stimulate intellectual, aesthetic, and emotional involvement?
8. Comment on1. Flexibility2. Moving from text to language3. Providing engaging content4. Learner development
9. Tomlinson talks about the importance of “humanizing the course book”, give some reasons why this should be done.
10. What is the role of frameworks in materials development?
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Questions 11 to 15 Tracy Barnes Handson http://www.wwwteachert19gmail.blogspot.com/
11. Comment on Principle of language acquisition No. 1
12. Which are some of the benefits of “repetitions in extensive reading”?
13. What do you understand by “corpora of language use”?
14. Comment on “contextualization vs. decontextualization” in teaching and materials development.
15. “Give him the keys. Let him drive it.” Share your thought on the previous statement.
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Questions 16 to 20 Yendrick Brown Chollette www.yendrickbch.blogspot.com
16. Explain Principle of language acquisition No. 2.
17. Define high-level skills. Give examples.18. Share your thoughts on affective and
cognitive engagement.19. What is the role of emotion in
language learning?20. Which are the benefits of cognitive
engagement during the language learning process?
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Questions 21 to 25Betty Castro Baker
20. Comment on “Principles of Material Development” (page 11)
21. Fully explain “Principle of language acquisition No. 4 and give examples.
22. What is understood as a multidimensional mental representation?
23. What is the role of mental imaging? Refer to your Language Resource Book and blog.
24. What is a good way to ensure durable language acquisition?
25. Comment of the role of the self-esteem deriving from accurate language performance.
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Questions 26 to 30Chalton Ferguson Mcfarlene www.thechaltonatorspot.blogspot.com
26.Comment on Akhutina, Steel, de Bleser and Marshall’s effective inner speech for effective outer speech.
27. What is the role of visual imaging in language use and acquisition?
28.Comment on the “Principles of Materials Development” (page 13)
29. Present and explain “Principle of language acquisition No. 5.
30. Define “language awareness.”
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Questions 30 to 35Elizabeth Grandison Duncan www.egrandison57.blogspot.com
30. Comment on “Principle of language acquisition No. 5”.
31. Expand on holistic education.32. Present “Principle of language acquisition
No. 6”.33. Present Principles of Materials Development
(page 15)34. How can decontextualized materials
development hamper on students’ success?35. Which techniques have you used to
contextualize your own Language Resource Book?
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Questions 35 to 40Cindy Gutiérrez Navarro www.cindygutierreznavarro.blogspot.com
35. Present “Principle of language teaching No. 1.36. Present “Principle of language teaching No. 2.37. List high-level skills.38. Comment on ways to “positively affect
students’ self-esteem” (de Andres 1999)39. What do you understand by “cognitive
academic language proficiency? (Cumming 2000).
40. Relate principles 1 and 2 to your own teaching and Language Resource Book currently being created.
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Questions 40 to 45Virginia Mora Real www.teachervickymora.blogspot.com
46. Present “Principle of language teaching No. 3.47. Present “Principle of language teaching No. 4.48. Comment on the following other principles of
language teaching in the process of creating and customizing ELT materials: class size, course duration, course intensity, lesson duration, teacher experience, teacher skills, teacher personality, teacher communicative competence, learner access to the target in use and learner motivation.
49. In your teaching practice, do you still adhere to the presentation-practice-production format?
50. Comment on Tomlinson’s flexible, principles, text-driven framework.
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Questions 46 to 50Latoya Murray Hodgson www.toyismurray.blogspot.com
46. Comment and expand on the importance of motivational strategies (page 31)
47. Make a list of ideas on how to motivate students within a customized training or teaching environment.
48. What are the advantages of giving and/or receiving feedback?
49. What could be a drawback of feedback?50. Regarding “appearance”. Share your thoughts
regarding a suitable or recommended “appearance” in the case of materials development.
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Questions 51 to 55Diany Offer Cole
51.Comment on Adaptability of Guidance and Support on page 37.
52. What does assessment mean?53. Share your thoughts on Bloom’s
Taxonomy. Use the following pictures to explain and foster group discussion.
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Question 54Diany Offer Cole
54. Picture for discussion.
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Question 55Diany Offer Cole
55. Picture for discussion.
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Questions 56 to 60Mey Reynolds Panton www.meyenglishtips.blogspot.com
56. Comment on the various ways to classify learning outcomes. (page 40)
57. Definite assessment. Is there a difference between assessment and testing?
58. Share your thoughts on “If the assessment items match the target outcomes, then both students and teachers have relevant and valid information about the learning progress.”
59. List a few “instructional strategies” that you currently use.
60. Is there such a thing as “teaching to the test”?
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Questions 61 to 65Carroll Sutton Gillings www.carolsutton.blogspot.com
61. Comment on Bass & Glaser´s three major principles that “make assessment informative to students.” (page 41)
62. What does “tailor-making” or “customizing” imply in the process creating or developing instructional materials.
63. Comment on the features recommended during effective materials development (page 43)
64. What do NASTA and NIMAS stand for?65. Regarding textbook dominance, do you think
textbooks will eventually become obsolete in the near future?
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Questions 66 to 70Orietta Vélez Dumani www.teacheroriettaslanguageresourcecenter.blogspot.com
66.Comment on the suggested features on The Teacher’s Manual (page 44)
67. Expand on Technology Changes and Visual Presentation in the process of materials development. Refer to your own blog and/or Language Resource Book (page 45)
68. Share your thoughts on on Priority Area: Presentation and overall layout.
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Question 69 for discussionOrietta Vélez Dumani
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Question 70 for discussionOrietta Vélez Dumani
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70. Reading, Demo and DiscussionWendy Misiel Watson Waufht
Read, present and discuss the reading titled “Twenty Ideas for Using Mobile Phones in the Language Classroom.”
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