Unit:%20Using%20Textbooks

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Unit Using Textbooks

• Roles Structures of Textbooks

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Issue 1 Roles of Textbooks

• Why do we teachers use textbooks?

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Issue 1 Roles of Textbooks

• Oneill (1982) 4 reasons
• 1. Much material suitable for students needs
• 2. Helpful for learners.
• 3. Appearance quality of presentation
• 4. Allowing for adaptation improvisation

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Issue 1 Roles of Textbooks

• Richards (2001) 8 reasons
• Structure Syllabus
• Standardizing teaching
• Maintaining quality
• Variety of learning resources

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Issue 1 Roles of Textbooks

• 5. Efficient
• 6. Effective models input
• 7. Training teachers
• 8. Visually appealing

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Issue 1 Roles of Textbooks

• Why do we not use textbooks?

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Issue 1 Roles of Textbooks

• Freebairn (2000)
• view of life non-problematic, bland,
  uncontroversial
• Out of date
• Stifling teachers creativity
• Unadventurous

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Issue 1 Roles of Textbooks

• Out of touch
• Non-contemporary
• Global or local
• Mixed levels

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Issue 1 Roles of Textbooks

• Richards (2001)
• Inauthentic language
• Content distorted
• Not reflecting students needs
• Deskilling teachers
• Expensive

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Issue 2 Structures

• What components does
• a textbook have?

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Issue 2 Structures

• 3 main components
• Content
• Learners
• Learning

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Issue 2 Structures

• 1. Content (McDonough Shaw, 1993)
• 1.1. Language in use
• Functions, notions, situations
• 1.2. Formal linguistic
• Grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary

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Issue 2 Structures

• 2. Learners
• 2.1. Individualization
• - interpreting pictures
• - imagining
• - finishing a story
• 2.2. Variety
• - content
• - skills
• - pacing

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Issue 2 Structures

• 3. Learning processes
• 3.1. Sub-skills or strategies
• Aiding comprehension
• Transferable
• 3.2. Study skills
• Using a dictionary
• Keeping a vocabulary book
• Reference skills

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Issue 2 Structures

• 3.3. Good Learner Strategies
• Seeking opportunities to practise
• Assessing themselves according to a good language
  learner
• Developing memorization techniques
• Taking risks
• Willingness to guess