PPP for quang binh teachers dec 2014

Module: Evaluating class room materials by Maureen McInroy by Maureen McInroy Hue University College of Foreign Languages English Language Teaching Methodology & ICT Workshop Hue city, December, 2014 What are we trying to do? What is our purpose? 2 If our task is to teach English to our pupils or students, what materials are there to help us? 3 Do the materials help the teacher and the learners to teach and learn English? 4 What are we evaluating? What criteria (tiêu chu n) ẩ should we use to make an evaluation of the materials? 1. Is the material suitable for Vietnamese pupils living and learning English in Vi tnamệ ? . 5 What are we evaluating? What criteria should we use to make an evaluation of the materials? 2. Do the materials help to develop language skills - vocabulary development, reading, writing, speaking, listening and grammar 6 What are we evaluating? What criteria (tiêu chu n) should we ẩ use to make an evaluation of the materials? 3. Does the material help the teacher and the pupils to revise (ôn t p)ậ new learning and to consolidate (c ng c ) ủ ố what has been learned earlier? 7 8 1. Are the materials designed especially for learners in Vi t Nam?ệ 1. Are the materials designed especially for learners in Vi t Nam?ệ Some materials have been prepared for pupils whose first language is English. Are these materials helpful for Vietnamese students learning English in Vi t Nam?ệ 9 1. Are the materials designed especially for learners in Vi t Nam?ệ Do the materials show Vietnamese families living in Vietnamese houses and doing the things that Vietnamese families do? Or do they show children in English-speaking countries, such as England, Australia or America, where the culture is different? 10 [...]...1 Are the materials designed especially for learners in Việt Nam? Do the materials use words that the learners would not know or would not use in Vietnamese? Do the materials show pictures of things that you do not see in Việt Nam? 11 1 Are the materials designed especially for learners in Việt Nam? It is difficult for children to learn the words for and meanings of things they have not seen... and meanings of things they have not seen or cannot understand Sometimes things can be learned from TV for example, most children will know what an elephant or a kangaroo is even if they have never seen a real one 12 1 Are the materials designed especially for learners in Việt Nam? It is important for the teacher to remember that the pupils and students need to learn the meanings of new English words... 2 Does the material help the pupils to develop basic language skills? Professor Nation writes: “The major resource for learners of English at elementary (primary) levels has to be text written within a controlled vocabulary Without this there can be few, if any, experience tasks in a foreign language program.” 16 2 Does the material help the pupils to develop basic language skills? What is a controlled... Are we asking the Vietnamese learner to do many things at once? Is the learner to learn circle or red? the shape or the colour? Some books try to introduce two ideas together and this is confusing for the foreign language learner 26 2 Does the material help the pupils to develop basic language skills? Does the material pay attention paid to word endings which are very different in English? (I have a... of the head, names of countries 23 2 Does the material help the pupils to develop basic language skills? More examples of lexical sets: names of: wild animals, zoo animals and farm animals foods items for school use furniture in the class room and at home prepositions adverbs of frequency 24 2 Does the material help the pupils to develop basic language skills? Do the books introduce new words as lexical... Vietnamese to help the learners understand the meaning 33 2 Does the material help the pupils to develop basic language skills? f Grammar – Do the materials explain the grammatical points clearly? Is it easy for the teacher and the pupils to understand the important learning about grammar in each lesson? 34 2 Does the material help the pupils to develop basic language skills? f Grammar Is the book really clear . especially for learners in Vi t Nam?ệ It is difficult for children to learn the words for and meanings of things they have not seen or cannot understand. Sometimes things can be learned from TV - for. materials designed especially for learners in Vi t Nam?ệ 1. Are the materials designed especially for learners in Vi t Nam?ệ Some materials have been prepared for pupils whose first language. McInroy by Maureen McInroy Hue University College of Foreign Languages English Language Teaching Methodology & ICT Workshop Hue city, December, 2014 What are we trying to do? What is our purpose? 2 If