The document discusses the characteristics of effective instructional materials for language learning, emphasizing the importance of engagement, interaction, and learner autonomy. It highlights the need for diverse activities that cater to students' different learning styles and preferences while providing opportunities for authentic tasks and interaction. Additionally, it suggests that good materials should be adaptable, user-friendly, and relevant to students' needs and interests.

1. Rubena St. Louis BAW 09

7. Good instructional materials: Based on theoretically sound learning principles. Use of prior knowledge. Cognitive Linguistic World knowledge Learning styles

9. Good instructional materials: Arouse and maintain interest and attention .

10. Good instructional materials: Provide examples of language use . “ ..the outcome of language learning depends on large measure on the amount and kind of exposure to the target language …” Spolsky, (1989)

11. Good instructional materials: Create appropriate learning atmosphere “ a mental block, caused by affective factors ... that prevents input from reaching the language acquisition device.........” ( Krashen,1985 )

12. Good instructional materials: Build confidence Use pair work Encourage interaction Use interesting activities Use “fun” activities

13. Good instructional materials: Build confidence Give enough time Individual learner differences Give feedback Explicit Appropriate Individual Give encouragement

14. Good instructional materials: Relevant to students and their needs . Variety of activities Allow student creativity Increase expectancy of success Grade level of difficulty

15. Good instructional materials: Provide opportunities for interaction Negotiation of meaning Reformulations Formation of hypothesis Testing of hypothesis

16. Good instructional materials: Provide involvement with authentic tasks Authentic tasks are those having the same types of cognitive challenges as complicated real-world tasks do. Egbert, Chin-chi Chao, & Hanson-Smith, (1999)

17. Good instructional materials: Include a variety of tasks. Deep semantic level Problem solving Emotionally significant to learner Variety of language input Focus on meaning Focus on form

18. Good instructional materials: Encourage learner autonomy. Teacher as facilitator Learner-centred Learner as decision maker Learner creates internal system

20. Learning delivered almost anywhere at any time Materials easy to update Large number of resources available Ability to include multiple media Real-time content through video conferencing video streaming chat rooms

21. Increased interaction Learners and facilitators Learners and learners Learner centred Use of different learning styles Immediate feedback on progress

23. Age: Sex: Linguistic level: Cognitive level: Interests: Learning styles: Attitude:

24. Stimulate students Arouse students’ interest Catch students’ attention Cause an impact Engage students Promote interaction Produce a variety of activities

25. What am I teaching? Content? Functions? Language? Where is the learning taking place? How is the learning taking place? How much time do I have? What resources are available?

26. Type of input/output Video Audio Text Type of activity Introduction Practice Consolidation Type of control Teacher Student

27. User friendly On or off line Cost effective Secure Effective

28. Some tools

29. Age group: ________________ Level: ______________ Microsoft image gallery Picture show (BubbleShare) Audio (Springdoo) Student initiated search Reports Oral:podcast Written: Video segment (beauty pageant) Audio (police line up) Describe people both orally and in writing. Ask & answer questions…. Verbs: Adjectives: Nouns: Will they do what is required of them? Check instructions Exercise generator (Hot potatoes) Search engine (google) Voice recorder Vocabulary Labelling Drag & drop Matching Games Guess who? Hang man (Images) Pictures Photos Flash cards Texts Use of adjectives nouns related to the topic Present simple tense To describe someone: Physically Personality Problems Tools Activities correspond Outcomes/ objectives Authentic material needed Learning Outcomes Objectives

30. Traditional activities Open ended questions Multiple choice questions One correct answer Several correct answers True or False questions Cloze activities Fill-in-the-blanks Drag and drop Matching Ordering Input stimulus Visual Text Drawing/Picture Video Aural Music/lyrics of a song Recital of a poem Monologue Dialogue

31. The more creative side of things… Make, show and tell Move over Spielberg! I’m afraid that I don’t agree with you there.

32. Some sites Hotpotatoes: http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ Script O: http://www.readingmatrix.com/quizmaker/index.php Word learner: http://www.wordlearner.com/ Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Springdoo: http://www.springdoo.com/ Voice thread: http://voicethread.com/#home Splash cast: http://web.splashcast.net/catalog/search.aspx Zimmer twins: http://www.abc.net.au/zimmertwins/ Comic creator: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/ Bubbleshare: http://www.bubbleshare.com/ Discovery school educator: http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/