Often EFL and ESL teachers use student language books to teach their English language students. Sometimes, however, teachers create their own teaching materials, or they gather teaching materials from various sources, such as the internet and from different books.
The teachers most likely to create or gather their own materials are teachers who have fluent English, as people need very good English to create or gather materials. Also, the teachers most likely to create or gather their own materials are those who are teaching English through English. It can be difficult to teach English, without using the students’ native language to explain the language, grammar, and so on. Sometimes the books are tricky to use. For instance, a full page of text with just two pictures could be difficult to explain. In these circumstances teachers may decide, at least sometimes, to create or gather their own material.
In this book we look at various aspects of creating and gathering materials. We start by looking at the reasons to create or gather one’s own material, and also some disadvantages of doing so. Then we look at the process of creating and gathering material, and the factors that teachers need to keep in mind when using pictures and material from the internet and elsewhere. Later, we look at the creation and gathering of cultural materials and the ways in which teachers can cater for a beginner or intermediate-level class.
Hopefully this book will be useful to teachers wishing to create or gather teaching materials.
The teachers most likely to create or gather their own materials are teachers who have fluent English, as people need very good English to create or gather materials. Also, the teachers most likely to create or gather their own materials are those who are teaching English through English. It can be difficult to teach English, without using the students’ native language to explain the language, grammar, and so on. Sometimes the books are tricky to use. For instance, a full page of text with just two pictures could be difficult to explain. In these circumstances teachers may decide, at least sometimes, to create or gather their own material.
In this book we look at various aspects of creating and gathering materials. We start by looking at the reasons to create or gather one’s own material, and also some disadvantages of doing so. Then we look at the process of creating and gathering material, and the factors that teachers need to keep in mind when using pictures and material from the internet and elsewhere. Later, we look at the creation and gathering of cultural materials and the ways in which teachers can cater for a beginner or intermediate-level class.
Hopefully this book will be useful to teachers wishing to create or gather teaching materials.
