Unit 14 Evaluating and Adapting Textbooks.ppt

Unit 14 Evaluating and Adapting Textbooks 1 Why and what do teachers evaluate and adapt? 2 How do teachers evaluate textbooks? 3 How do teachers select textbooks? 4 How do teachers adapt textbooks? Why and what? methodology Why do teachers evaluate textbooks? With the rapid ELT development in China, more and more textbooks have made their way to the market. Choosing the right textbook is ing more and more important at all levels. What do teachers evaluate? A great variety of resources used in language classroom besides “ textbooks ”: Audio cassettes, videos, CD-ROMs, dictionaries, grammar book, readers, workbook, teachers ’ book, photocopied materials, flashcards, and other authentic materials, such as newspapers, photographs, advertisements, radio/TV programmes , etc methodology Discussion: Evaluating textbook What are the features of good textbooks? 1. Attract the students ’ curiosity, interest and attention 2. Help students to feel at ease 3. Help students to develop confidence 4. Meet the students ’ needs 5. Expose the students to language in authentic use 6. Provide the students with opportunities to use the target language to municative purposes 7. Take into account that the positive effects of language teaching are usually delayed frequent and ample exposure) 8. Take into account that students differ in affective factors 9. Maximize learning potential by encouraging intellectual, aesthetic and emotional involvement Selecting textbooks Evaluating textbooks is one thing, selecting textbooks is quite another. For one thing, teachers may be overwhelmed by the rich contents of the textbook, which usually has several volumes .For another, teachers do not always have a clear awareness of what their students need. In order to make the job of textbook selection easier, materials researchers have developed several practical and operational checklists for classroom teachers. ? Task : Choose two similar te