Unit 14 Evaluating and Adapting Textbooks 英语教学法课件[精].ppt

Unit Fourteen
Evaluating and Adapting Textbooks
Do you think it is necessary to have textbooks?
I. Warming-up questions:
Think about the advantages and disadvantages of using textbooks.
Advantages
A clear framework: teachers and learners know where they are going and what ing next.
Syllabus: if it is followed systematically, a carefully planned and balanced selection of language content will be covered.
Ready-made texts and tasks: it saves time for the teacher who would otherwise have to prepare his or her own.
Economy: a book is the cheapest way of providing learning materials for each learner.
Convenience: a book is a convenient package.
Guidance: it can provide useful guidance and support to teachers who are inexperienced or occasionally unsure of their knowledge of the language.
Autonomy: the learner can use it to learn new materials, review and monitor progress with some degree of autonomy.
Disadvantages:
Inadequacy: no one textbook can possibly supply every learner’s own learning needs.
Limitation: its set structure and sequence may inhibit a teacher’s initiative and creativity, and lead to boredom and lack of motivation on the part of the learners.
Irrelevance, lack of interest: the topics may not necessarily be relevant or interesting for your class.
Homogeneity: it does not usually cater for the variety of levels of ability and knowledge, or of learnin