LABORATORY WORK # 7. Components of Teacher’s kit
AIM: to teach students to differentiate teacher’s kit and be ready to work with them.
In the teacher’s Kit you will find:
Basic kit:
Teacher’s sheets binder.
2. Video (VHS or DVD)
3. Teacher’s manual.
4. Supplementary exercises folder.
5. Listening tests folder.
Immediate Conversations / Teacher’s copy.
Questions: 1.The teacher should use various audio-visual materials. Say what factors you will consider in selecting these materials in teaching foreign languages. Confirm your statement.
LABORATORY WORK # 8. Analyse traditional and communicative text books
AIM: to teach pupils to analyse traditional and communicative text books.
Most teachers use coursebooks chosen by other people, for example, the coordinator or principal of the school where they work. However it is important to understand what is involved in choosing a coursebook so that you can analyse and evaluate your particular book and see its strengths and weaknesses. Also, you may at some time be involved in the selection process yourself.
IN FAVOUR OF USING A COURSEBOOK
1. Framework
A coursebook provides a clear framework: teacher and learners know where they are going and what is coming next, so that there is a sense of structure and progress.
2. Syllabus
In many places the coursebook serves as a syllabus: if it is followed systematically, a carefully planned and balanced selection of language content will be covered.
3. Ready-made texts and tasks
The coursebook provides texts and learning tasks which are likely to be of an appropriate level for most of the class. This of course saves time for the teacher who would otherwise have to prepare his or her own.
4. Economy
A book is the cheapest way of providing learning material for each learner; alternatives, such as kits, sets of photocopied papers or computer software, are likely to be more expensive relative to the amount of material provided.
5. Convenience
A book is a convenient package. It is bound, so that its components stick together and stay in order; it is light and small enough to carry around easily; it is of a shape that is easily packed and stacked; it does not depend for its use on hardware or a supply of electricity.
6. Guidance
For teachers who are inexperienced or occasionally unsure of their knowledge of the language, the coursebook can provide useful guidance and support.
7. Autonomy
The learner can use the coursebook to learn new material, review and monitor progress with some degree of autonomy. A learner without a coursebook is more teacher-dependent.
© Cambridge University Press 1996
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