The Course and The Coursebook The Importance of Supplementing, Adapting and Rejecting
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The Course and The Coursebook
The Importance of Supplementing, Adapting and Rejecting
How can you move from passively teaching the book you’re assigned to active teaching and active learning?
Use Your Student
In, ESP students may come from various level and background, make sure to utilize their stories.
Luke Medding’s Paper Conversation
If a student has done something interesting over the weekend for example, instead of having a quick chat about it and moving on, mine and refine
Luke Medding’s Paper Conversation
• Search the conversation for problematic language• Get the students to write some questions down to
ask him. • Ask the student to answer the questions and have
everyone else take notes.• Students should write summary of the story
which you can use to mine for errors or language that you will be working on in class that day.
Prioritise• Think about what
your main learning objective is for the class and what activities are absolutely essential to get you there.
• Fostering learner autonomy.
Plan from the heart
Duncan Ford suggests ‘planning
from the heart’
Createa Spidergram with the ‘heart of the lesson’ in the middle of the board.
AdaptUse your own warmers, fillers etc.
AdaptShare your ideas with colleagues and get ideas from
them
AdaptUse supplementary materials from teacher’s book and
teacher’s resource book
AdaptUse online materials
AdaptDifferentiate the homework
Adapt
Use your students’ ideas and interests
Rejecting the CoursebookSTAGE 1:• How many students will
there be in the class?• What age will they be• The student’s level• Their purpose of learning
the language• If there is a SYLLABUS to
follow• If there is a specific
topic/skills to cover
Rejecting the Coursebook
STAGE 2:Find out which titles are SUITABLE and WITHIN YOUR BUDGET
Rejecting the Coursebook
Rejecting the Coursebook
Example criteria:
Rejecting the Coursebook
STAGE 4:Evaluate its over-all impact with the student Does it meet the student’s needs?Do they like it?Does it live up to its claims?Does it really meet the criteria?Can you continue using the book for the next class or must you change it?
“Teachers open the door, students enter
by themselves.”
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