1. Take a unit of materials from a coursebook or from the web, decide upon a group of target learners and then make use of our suggested procedures in “The Principles and Procedures of Materials Evaluation that We Recommend” above to:
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develop 10 universal criteria;r
develop five local criteria;r
use your universal and local criteria to conduct an evaluation of the unit.2. Set yourself a mini-materials development task (e.g. a reading activity for a specific class). Before starting to develop the materials:
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revise your ten universal criteria from Task 1 above;r
develop five local criteria;r
use your universal and local criteria to develop, monitor and revise your materials;r
if possible, devise a focused whilst-use evaluation instrument and use it to evaluate your materials while they are being used;r
if possible, devise a post-use evaluation instrument and use it to evaluate your materials after they have been used.3 Materials Evaluation
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