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Unit: Using Textbooks. Roles & Structures of Textbooks. Issue 1: Roles of Textbooks. Why do we teachers use textbooks?. Issue 1: Roles of Textbooks. O’neill (1982) 4 reasons 1. Much material suitable for students’ needs 2. Helpful for learners. 3. Appearance & quality of presentation
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Unit: Using Textbooks Roles & Structures of Textbooks
Issue 1: Roles of Textbooks Why do we teachers use textbooks?
Issue 1: Roles of Textbooks O’neill (1982) 4 reasons 1. Much material suitable for students’ needs 2. Helpful for learners. 3. Appearance & quality of presentation 4. Allowing for adaptation & improvisation
Issue 1: Roles of Textbooks Richards (2001) 8 reasons • Structure & Syllabus • Standardizing teaching • Maintaining quality • Variety of learning resources
Issue 1: Roles of Textbooks 5. Efficient 6. Effective models & input 7. Training teachers 8. Visually appealing
Issue 1: Roles of Textbooks Why do we not use textbooks?
Issue 1: Roles of Textbooks Freebairn (2000) • view of life: non-problematic, bland, uncontroversial • Out of date • Stifling teacher’s creativity • Unadventurous
Issue 1: Roles of Textbooks • Out of touch • Non-contemporary • Global or local • Mixed levels
Issue 1: Roles of Textbooks Richards (2001) • Inauthentic language • Content distorted • Not reflecting students’ needs • Deskilling teachers • Expensive
Issue 2: Structures What components does a textbook have?
Issue 2: Structures 3 main components: • Content • Learners • Learning
Issue 2: Structures 1. Content (McDonough & Shaw, 1993) 1.1. Language in use: Functions, notions, situations 1.2. Formal linguistic Grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary
Issue 2: Structures 2. Learners 2.1. Individualization - interpreting pictures - imagining - finishing a story 2.2. Variety - content - skills - pacing
Issue 2: Structures 3. Learning processes 3.1. Sub-skills or strategies • Aiding comprehension • Transferable 3.2. Study skills • Using a dictionary • Keeping a vocabulary book • Reference skills
Issue 2: Structures 3.3. Good Learner Strategies • Seeking opportunities to practise • Assessing themselves according to a good language learner • Developing memorization techniques • Taking risks • Willingness to guess