Adapting Materials

ADAPTING MATERIALS ADAPTING MATERIALS 1. Nature 1. Nature 2. Principles 2. Principles 3. Techniques 3. Techniques NATURE OF ADAPTATION NATURE OF ADAPTATION True or False? True or False? - Adoption comes after adaptation. - Adoption comes after adaptation. - Adoption involves the whole while adaptation - Adoption involves the whole while adaptation involves the parts. involves the parts. - Adaptation means matching. - Adaptation means matching. NATURE OF ADAPTATION NATURE OF ADAPTATION 1. 1. Adoption is before adaptation and leads to Adoption is before adaptation and leads to acceptance acceptance 2. 2. Adoption is related to evaluation & adaptation is Adoption is related to evaluation & adaptation is related to changing or adjusting various parts related to changing or adjusting various parts 3. 3. Adaptation matches internal to external factors Adaptation matches internal to external factors 4. 4. Adaptation: making materials appropriate to Adaptation: making materials appropriate to contexts contexts PRINCIPLES OF ADAPTATION PRINCIPLES OF ADAPTATION Matching Matching A. Matching students learning styles B. Matching content to students interests & needs C. Matching geographical features 1. Personalizing 2. Individualizing 3. Localizing TECHNIQUES TECHNIQUES Delete an activity from coursebookRemove Add an extra activity in an area not covered Add Substitute an activity with another more suitable one Replace Make small changes to existing materials Change TECHNIQUES TECHNIQUES Exercise 1 Exercise 1 : Put each of these adverbs of : Put each of these adverbs of frequency in its appropriate place in the frequency in its appropriate place in the sentences below: sentences below: always, usually, sometimes, always, usually, sometimes, as a rule, never, often, normally, as a rule, never, often, normally, occasionally occasionally He gets up early. He gets up early. She is late for school. She is late for school. Lan practises speaking English. Lan practises speaking English. Thao is a hard-working student. Thao is a hard-working student. TECHNIQUES TECHNIQUES Aims Aims : : - to practise asking and answering about routine to practise asking and answering about routine activities activities - to practise adverbs of frequency in a meaningful way to practise adverbs of frequency in a meaningful way - to encourage student interactions & communications to encourage student interactions & communications TECHNIQUES TECHNIQUES Procedure: Procedure: 1. 1. Get students to have a piece of paper ready Get students to have a piece of paper ready and to draw a three-column table. and to draw a three-column table. Almost every day Drinking tea Often, 5 times a week Exercise Your partnerYouActivity TECHNIQUES TECHNIQUES 2. Ask them to write four to five activities in the first 2. Ask them to write four to five activities in the first column and their frequency in the second column. column and their frequency in the second column. 3. Ask one of the students the following questions as a 3. Ask one of the students the following questions as a model. model. T: Do you ever do exercise? T: Do you ever do exercise? S: Yes, a lot. S: Yes, a lot. T: How often do you do exercise? T: How often do you do exercise? S: Four times a week. S: Four times a week. TECHNIQUES TECHNIQUES 4.Tell students they ask their partners and then 4.Tell students they ask their partners and then record their information in the third column. record their information in the third column. 5. When they finish, they can compare and find 5. When they finish, they can compare and find things in common. things in common. 6. Get them in groups and tell the groups about 6. Get them in groups and tell the groups about things in common. things in common. 7. (Optional) They can write about their similar 7. (Optional) They can write about their similar routine activities. routine activities. . ADAPTING MATERIALS ADAPTING MATERIALS 1. Nature 1. Nature 2. Principles 2. Principles 3. Techniques 3. Techniques . factors Adaptation matches internal to external factors 4. 4. Adaptation: making materials appropriate to Adaptation: making materials appropriate to contexts contexts PRINCIPLES OF ADAPTATION PRINCIPLES. covered Add Substitute an activity with another more suitable one Replace Make small changes to existing materials Change TECHNIQUES TECHNIQUES Exercise 1 Exercise 1 : Put each of these adverbs of :