MATERIALS DESIGN IN ELT:
Principles and Model
Made Sujana
Principles of Materials in ELT
• Materials provide stimulus to learning.
– Good materials do not teach but encourage the learners to learn)
– They should contain:
• Interesting texts
• Enjoyable activities
• Opportunities to use the language
• Visible content
Principles of … (
cont
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• Materials embody a view of the nature of
language and learning (relationship of language and learning)
• Materials reflect nature of learning tasks (reflect complexity of tasks but appear manageable)
A Materials Design Model
INPUT
CONTENT LANGUAGE
• The primary focus of the unit is the TASK.
• The
language
andcontent
are drawn from INPUT and selected according to what the learners will need in order to do the task• An important feature of the model is to create coherence in terms of both language and
INPUT
• This may be a text, dialogue, video recording, diagram
or any piece of communication data
• The input consists of:
– Stimulus materials for activities
– New language items
– Correct models pf language use
CONTENT FOCUS
• Language is not an end in itself, but a means of conveying information and feeling
LANGUAGE FOCUS
• Learning objective is to enable learners to use language
• However, they also need to be provided with language knowledge
