The document outlines the evolution of language teaching materials and methodologies over the past several decades. In the 1950s-1960s, materials focused on exercises, drills, and language labs using a technical, scientific approach. In the 1960s-1970s, humanistic methodologies like the Silent Way and Suggestopedia became popular, making teaching more learner-centered. From the 1970s-1980s, there was a negotiation of curricula with the emergence of communicative language teaching and a focus on democratizing language learning. In the 1990s-2000s, there was increased standardization of teacher training and reflection, reducing the reliance on routinized exercises.

1. LANGUAGE TEACHING MATERIALS
50’s / 60’s 60’s / 70’s 70’s / 80’s 90’s / 20th
The technical
scientific
approach
Humanistic
methodologies
The
development
of approaches
Exercises,
language
laboratories,
pattern practice
drills and
atomized
samples of
language
The Silent way,
suggestopedia;
teaching becomes
more instrumental
in nature (the input
hypothesis)
Negotiation of
curricula. CLT
movement.
Democratization
of language.
The
McDonalization
McDonalization is
evident in the
standardisation of
teacher training and
teacher reflection wich
has reduce the doing of
routinized exercises.