O’zbekiston respublikasi oliy ta’lim, fan va innovatsiyalar vazirligi andijon davlat chet tillari instituti ingliz tili o’qitishning integrallashgan kursi kafedrasi chet tillarni o’qitishning integrallashgan kursi

Lead in
Objective: to uncover participants’ current practices of adapting a text
Time: 10 min
Materials: marker, whiteboard
Procedure:

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  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.
  

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  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is not contextualised Deductive, ‘top-down’ approach to grammar rules Texts too long / too boring/ too difficult /out of date / culturally inappropriate Texts not authentic Not enough communicative activities No visual material No listening material No progress checks No pre-, while-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

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  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

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  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.