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Priorities for Evaluating Instructional Materials: Learning


By: Prof. Sandra Araya A


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Learning is more than just acquiring knowledge. As the reading establishes, “Teachers make a difference in students learning, and materials with effective learning strategies can support or impede their impact”. I strongly think that the role a teacher plays in the learning process is quite important. The teacher is conceived of as facilitator, collaborator and advisor in the students’ learning process. Therefore, the teacher acquires responsibility for the quality of learning, together with the family and the educational authorities. The responsibility of the teacher is to make learning possible through a series of well and carefully planned activities where students feel engaged with learning, and they should strive to make learning active. If teachers have a positive attitude, students will respond with interest and motivation because facilitators appear to be human and caring.

Furthermore, learners should be responsible for producing something, rather than just sitting passively. Learning is doing, exploring, experimenting, discovering and reconstructing the learners own knowledge. If you can create something fun, exciting, happy and loving, students will learn more readily and the learning will last much longer.

AUTHENTIC MATERIALS AND CULTURAL CONTENT IN EFL CLASSROOMS
By: Professor Sandra Araya Acuña
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Authentic material is defined as authentic texts which are designed for native speakers, they are real text; designed not for language students, but for the speakers of the language.

Using authentic material in the classroom is significant for many reasons. First, students are exposed to real language. Second, the same piece of material can be used under different circumstances if the task is different. Third, language change is reflected in the materials, so it keeps people up-dated or aware of such changes. Finally, it keeps students informed about what is happening in the world.

As for disadvantages, I can mention that they may be too culturally biased, so they can be difficult to understand outside the language community. Also, special preparation is necessary which can be done time consuming. Finally, students with lower level of the language may have a hard time understanding the material presented.

This material requires the teacher to act as a filter to ensure that students can comprehend it through selection of the linguistic objectives that have to be accomplished.

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CHOOSING A TEXTBOOK AND OTHER PRINTED MATERIALS
By: Professor Sandra Araya Acuña
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Choosing the right texts for your students is often not as clear and straightforward as you hoped. Depending on your students the wrong textbook can confuse learning, be time-consuming and waste class time, distort information and even get your students bored.

Textbooks are tools for students, and they have to be student-centered. It requires mediation beyond you as the facilitator and the subject. Therefore, when it is time to select a new book, it is as important as ever to choose one that is effective, relevant and most importantly, one which will lead students towards success in their learning process.

When choosing a textbook, there is criterion to be aware of. These include objectives, budget, readability, subject content, length, relevance, interactivity and organization.

Finally, I really like those textbooks that include CDs for listening exercises, teacher’s resource guides, workbooks and other supplemental materials.

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