Selection and use of coursebook materials.

Question 1

Coursebook materials.

Answer 1

These are the materials in a coursebook package that we can use in the classroom.

Question 2

Cousebook package.

Answer 2

It usually includes a student’s book, teacher’s books and audio and/or video scrips. Tapescrip, audioscript or transcript. Sometimes it includes a workbook or activity book.

Question 3

Needs analysis.

Answer 3

A study of learners’ level, language needs and intertests, using questionaires, interviews, diagnostic tests.

Question 4

If we decide not to choose coursebook material we have two choices.

Answer 4

To replace it with materials with the same focus/aim from another resource.
To adapt the coursebook material.

Question 5

Extending material.

Answer 5

Write extra item, following the same pattern.

Question 6

Shortening material.

Answer 6

Use as much as you need.

Give different parts of the text to different learners.

Question 7

Changing methodology.

Answer 7

We can change the interaction pattern.

Question 8

Changing the level of the material.

Answer 8

Make it more or less challenging.

Question 9

Reordering material.

Answer 9

Change the order of the material.

Question 10

Make use of all the resources in the book.

Answer 10

Use extra material from the book or give whole-book tasks (searching through the book for texts, picture or language examples).