【英语教学法课件】Unit 14 Evaluating and Adapting Textbooks

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1、UnitFourteenEvaluatingandAdaptingTextbooksDoyouthinkitisnecessarytohavetextbooks?I.Warming-upquestions:Thinkabouttheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofusingtextbooks.AdvantagesAclearframework:teachersandlearnersknowwheretheyaregoingandwhatiscomingnext.Syllabus:ifitisfollow

2、edsystematically,acarefullyplannedandbalancedselectionoflanguagecontentwillbecovered.Ready-madetextsandtasks:itsavestimefortheteacherwhowouldotherwisehavetopreparehisorherown.Economy:abookisthecheapestwayofprovidinglearningmaterialsforeachlearner.Convenience:abookis

3、aconvenientpackage.Guidance:itcanprovideusefulguidanceandsupporttoteacherswhoareinexperiencedoroccasionallyunsureoftheirknowledgeofthelanguage.Autonomy:thelearnercanuseittolearnnewmaterials,reviewandmonitorprogresswithsomedegreeofautonomy.Disadvantages:Inadequacy:no

4、onetextbookcanpossiblysupplyeverylearner’sownlearningneeds.Limitation:itssetstructureandsequencemayinhibitateacher’sinitiativeandcreativity,andleadtoboredomandlackofmotivationonthepartofthelearners.Irrelevance,lackofinterest:thetopicsmaynotnecessarilyberelevantorint

5、erestingforyourclass.Homogeneity:itdoesnotusuallycaterforthevarietyoflevelsofabilityandknowledge,oroflearningstylesandstrategiesthatexistinmostclasses.Over-easiness:teachersfindittooeasytofollowthetextbookuncriticallyinsteadofusingtheirinitiative.(同一性)II.EvaluatingT

6、extbooksCriteriaforevaluatingtextbooks:Macro-levelevaluation:developingcriteriathatcouldbeusedwithanykindoftextbookMicro-levelevaluation:developingcriteriaforaspecifickindoftextbook,suchasaconversationtextRichards’Beyondtraining,2000:137-138Readthematerialaboutfeatu

7、resofgoodtextbooksonpage169.Practice:takeoneofthetextbooksyouhaveusedbeforeasanexample,lookthroughitandtrytoevaluateittoseetowhatextentithasreflectedthefeaturesofgoodtextbooksoutlinedabove.III.SelectingtextbooksReadthroughthetextbookfrompage170to173andthendoTask3.IV

8、.AdaptingTextbooksChooseatextbookyouarefamiliarwith,findaunitthatyouthinkyouneedtoadaptitandthentelltheclasshowyouwouldadaptit.Trytogiveex