Lead in Objective: to uncover participants’ current practices of adapting a text
Time: 10 min
Materials: marker, whiteboard
Procedure:
J(10 min) Remind participants about the session on materials evaluation and say that there is no ideal coursebook which contains everything that teachers and students want. Ask the following questions and write up answers that participants give on the board or flipchart.
What problems do you usually have with your coursebook?
Possible answers:
Exercises too short / too long (not enough items for practice)
Grammar and vocabulary is not contextualised
Deductive, ‘top-down’ approach to grammar rules
Texts too long / too boring/ too difficult /out of date / culturally inappropriate
Texts not authentic
Not enough communicative activities
No visual material
No listening material
No progress checks
No pre-, while- and post- tasks for reading
Not enough opportunities for a variety of interaction
What can you do if an exercise / a text / an activity is not what you want for your students?
Possible answers:
adapt
supplement with interesting exercises or relevant material
Elicit random answers and say that in this session we will focus on various ways of adapting a text from one of Arakin’s books.
