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Teaching materials make up a large part of most English language education programs. From textbooks, videotapes, and pictures to the Internet, teachers rely heavily on a vast array of materials to aid their education and their students' learning. However, despite the wide variety of English language education materials available on the market, many teachers continue to produce their own classroom materials
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Factors to consider when designing English materials

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Factors to consider when designing English materials

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According to Howard & Major (2004) some guidelines to design teaching materials are :

English language teaching materials should be contextualized to the curriculum they intended to address, the experiences, realities and the first language of the learners, topics and themes that provide meaningful, purposeful uses for the target language.

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Material Development (Designing Effective Materials in Language Teaching)

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English language teaching materials should stimulate interaction and be generative in terms of language

Materials should encourage learners to develop learning skills and strategies

English Language teaching materials should allow for a focus on form as well as function

English language teaching materials should offer opportunities for integrated language use

English language teaching materials should be authentic in terms of the texts presented to learners (newspapers, magazines, spoken and visual texts) and the tasks which students are required to perform with these materials.

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English language teaching materials should link to each other to develop a progression of skills, understandings and language items

English language teaching materials should be attractive in terms of physical appearance (density of the text on the page, the type size and the cohesiveness and consistency of the layout) User-friendliness (enough space to handwrite responses, silence long enough to think and respond in a tape or video exercise) Durability to be used more than once Ability to be reproduced

English language teaching materials should have appropriate instructions

English language teaching materials should be flexible

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Factors to consider when designing English materials

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Factors to consider when designing English materials

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English teachers are not only required to be able to teach well but also to be able to design materials so that they can apply approaches, methods, and techniques for teaching-learning English appropriately. They should also know what to consider in designing teaching-learning materials so that the materials given to the students are appropriate for the student’s development in the language (Sukarno, 2008)

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Using materials created by an institution or a teacher for a course has a variety of benefits, as Professor Jack C. Richards said:

Relevance: Materials that reflect regional content, issues, and concerns as well as those that are directly relevant to students' needs and institutional requirements can be generated. Develop expertise: Creating materials can aid in the development of staff expertise by better educating them on the qualities of successful materials.
Reputation: By showcasing the institution's dedication to creating resources exclusively for its students, institutionally generated materials may improve the institution's reputation.

Flexibility: Materials created within the institution have more latitude for revision and adaptation than a commercial course book would.

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Video about advantages and disadvantages.

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Video about advantages and disadvantages.

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In this video you can combine the advantage and disadvantage aspects of teaching resources at a general level.
Toasa Michelle

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Ventajas y desventajas de los recursos didácticos

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In this topic have some disadvantages that include as a point of view:

Organization:

Generates confusion and does not allow a correct development of the language to be learned.

Storage:

Have a place specifically assigned for the storage of the resource to be used.

Instruction check:

Not following a specific instruction may cause problems in handling the material..

Development of communicattion skills:

The material should help to increase the level of precision and fluency of language learning.

Difficult and unfamiliar structures:

The material should have the correct of use level according the nesecity of students.

Toasa Michelle

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In my opinion, the design of materials for English language teaching is an extremely important issue since every teacher must design materials that will benefit the students and also take into account the needs, as we have seen, by first carrying out a needs analysis. I think that creating material is a great step forward in order to learn in a better way. I think that it could be by means of virtual games or maybe story cards, something didactic. by Silva Sofia

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I think that the role of the teacher in designing materials for specific topics is very important since he is the only one that knows first-hand each and every one of his students and he is going to design the materials according to his student's needs.

Brayan Roman

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I sincerely believe that the reputation of a school is more closely related to the caliber of instruction that is provided to students, which is why creating effective pedagogical resources is crucial for students to have a top-notch source of instruction and skill development.
Yandry Romero Ganán.

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The use of materials helps in the learning of a new language such as English. Its use should be maximized so that the student feels motivated and is supported by tools in a positive way. These tools help to develop a learning environment and not to make teaching monotonous. Therefore, as teachers, to be at the forefront of materials and resources to continue innovating in education.

Michelle Toasa.

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TEACHING MATERIALS FOR ENGLISH | #EslMaterials | TOP Best #InstructionalMaterials

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Howard, J., & Major, J. (2004). Guidelines for Designing Effective English Language Teaching Materials. Obtenido de https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237476568_Guidelines_for_Designing_Effective_English_Language_Teaching_Materials

Advantages and disadvantages of using instructional materials in teaching ESL. Professor Jack C. Richards. (2022)Recuperated from: https://www.professorjackrichards.com/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-using-instructional-materials-in-teaching-esl/

Sukarno, S. (2008). Teaching English to Young Learners and Factors to Consider in DesigningThe Materials. Jurnal Ekonomi Dan Pendidikan, 5(1), 17229. Doi:10.21831/jep.v5i1.603.

Andrijević, M. (2010). Reflections on the use of authentic materials in foreign language teaching. Colindancias: Revista de la Red de Hispanistas de Europa Central, ISSN-e 2393-056X, ISSN 2067-9092, Nº. 1,: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=5249354

Fandiño, Y. (2022). Guidelines for designing effective English language teaching materials TRANSLATION. Slideshare: https://es.slideshare.net/teacheryamith/pautas-para-disear-materiales-efectivos-de-enseanza-del-idioma-ingls-traduccinpdf

González, K., & Peña , E. (2020). The implementation of authentic materials for the strengthening of language skills in English Language Teaching in students of section 11-3a of the Liceo Experimental Bilingüe de Agua Buena. Centro de Investigación y Docencia en Educación Universidad Nacional 1-202: https://repositorio.una.ac.cr/bitstream/handle/11056/20027/TESIS%2010483.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y