This document discusses the importance of teachers designing their own materials to meet the specific needs and interests of their students. It notes that textbooks do not always reflect the reality of the classroom or match students' needs. The document recommends that teachers identify their students' particular learning environment and incorporate elements of their culture when designing new materials. This will help ensure the materials provide an appropriate challenge and opportunities for students to succeed while learning in a way that is relevant to their lives.

1. Jairo Viales
Profesor: Chaves
Diseño de y Evaluacion de Material Lingüístico en Ingles LPE714
16th April 2011
Creative Materials Developers
Textbooks are materials used by teachers; they are a great tool for
teaching and can be used as syllabi, guidelines, or just the main source to be
followed during a course. English teachers use their textbooks to guide their
lessons; however, in some cases these textbooks do not reflect the reality of the
classroom in terms of wants and interests. In other words, these textbooks do
not match the students’ needs, they might not provide the type of activities that
the teacher and students really need for a specific class. In order to avoid this,
the teacher should start designing materials that can meet students’ needs and
interests that can help them use their target language in real situations.
For teachers to design or adapt their own teaching materials they should
identify their students’ particular learning environment to overcome the lack of
connection between textbooks, materials, and the teaching learning process.
When designing materials the teacher should also incorporate elements of the
learners’ culture such as the environment where they live, what people do when
celebrating holidays, festivals, traditions or any other types of customs from
which they make connection with the way they live. They make use their target
language by considering cultural aspects to ensure appropriate challenge and
levels of success.
Finally, this presents a unique challenge for teachers as they strive to
help these learners achieve the English language. Every teacher who teaches
English as a foreign language should address the needs of the students, by
placing a strong emphasis on the development of materials that can fit the

2. learners’ learning environment and the development of the target language.
Teachers must continually be focused on these students and find effective ways
to arrange their learning to help them achieve the language by propitiating a
delightful learning environment.