Chapter #8

Chapter 8 The role and design of the instructional materials

Richards, J. (2001) Curriculum development in language teaching. The role and
design of the instructional materials, (pp. 251-271). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Summary:
This chapter focuses on the created materials as apposed to authentic materials. Although both have advantages and limitations, teachers use authentic materials and created materials for language teaching. The chapter includes evaluating textbooks, how to make adapt textbooks and make materials.

Reflections:
Teachers in our school use textbooks for reading, writing, or math. They do make or get other resources to make their teaching a little easier to help their students to understand and learn concepts for reading and other subjects.
I, myself, do not follow everything from the Yup’ik books. I do make some changes and use or make materials to make learning interesting and successful for the students in all grade levels.