This module is not currently running in 2024 to 2025.
This module will consider the reasons for using teaching materials, who should design them and how they should be designed. Frameworks will be applied to critically evaluate commercially produced materials for their authenticity and their appropriacy for specific groups of learners and the contexts in which they are taught. Where materials are considered to be inappropriate for a specific context, students will gain the skills to adapt existing materials or create their own.
Total Contact Hours: 20
Private Study Hours: 130
Total Study Hours: 150
Main assessment methods
• Adaption of Published Teaching Materials & Rationale (2,000 words) – 40%
• Development of New Teaching Materials and & Rationale (2,000 words) – 60%
Reassessment methods
• Reassessment Instrument: 100% Coursework
Indicative Reading List
Johnson, K. (2002) Designing Language Teaching Tasks, London, Palgrave Macmillan;
McDonaugh, J., Shaw, C. and Masuhara, H. (2013) Materials and Methods in ELT, Oxford, Wiley;
McGrath, I. (2002) Materials Evaluation and Design for Language Teaching, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press;
McGrath, I. (2013) Teaching Materials and the roles of EFL/ESL Teachers, London, Bloomsbury;
Tomlinson, B. and Masuhara, H. (eds) (2010) Research for Materials Development in Language Learning, London, Continuum;
Tomlinson, B. (ed) (2013) Developing Materials for Language Teaching, London, Bloomsbury.
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
The intended subject specific learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1 Understand and critically examine the rationales and principles behind differing approaches to materials evaluation and development;
2 Critically evaluate a range of published and on-line materials;
3 Adapt, as appropriate, teaching materials according to learners' needs;
4 Write original teaching materials according to learners' needs.
The intended generic learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1 Critically analyse and assess theory, empirical investigations and practical application;
2 Work independently, in pairs and in groups;
3 Solve problems creatively;
4 Use IT as appropriate.
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