THE IMPORTANCE OF MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING

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  1. 1. Materials development really develops your critical thinking.
  2. 5. On teacher growth through materials development.
  3. 8. You create materials and put them into practice.
  4. 10. Informing the learner about the target language.
  5. 12. Guiding the learner in practicing the language.
  6. 14. Is that participating in materials development can increase awareness, criticality, creativity and self-esteem.
  7. 15. Helping the learner to make discoveries about the language.
  8. 16. Comment there has been a dramatic increase in published research on materials development in recognition of how important it is as one of the most applied areas of applied linguistics.
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  1. 2. Of the course I have also added sessions on design and layout, on illustrations, on writing instructions, on self-access materials and on digital materials.
  2. 3. Providing the learner with experience of the language in use.
  3. 4. Are “anything which can be used to facilitate the learning of a language, including course books, videos, graded readers, flash cards, games, websites and mobile phone interactions”.
  4. 6. Are encouraged to work together collaboratively, self-monitor and self-reflect.
  5. 7. Encouraging the learner to use the language
  6. 9. Observes that “instructional materials generally serve as the basis of much of the language input that learners receive and the language practice that occurs in the classroom”.
  7. 11. Courses dedicated to materials development at the University of Luton and at Leeds Metropolitan University.
  8. 13. Materials provide experience in action and to get the participants to analyse and evaluate the principles and procedures of the materials