UNIT 25 SELECTION AND USE OF SUPLEMENTARY MATERIALS AND ACTIVITIES

UNIT 25 SELECTION AND USE OF SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS AND ACTIVITIES

In this unit I learned how to select supplementary materials and activities that as teacher we have to use in addition to the coursebook.

First, teachers use supplementary materials to help students practice more the target language may be about the new grammar, or to provide something that is missing from the coursebook and according with the teacher it is necessary that learners know it.

Second,  many of these supplementary materials may come from authentic sources like newspapers, magazines, articles, videos, etc.We as teachers should select these type of materials and activities by recognising that the lesson needs something extra and different.

Here we can find various reasons why it is a good idea to use supplementary materials. The most important one is to replace suitable materials from the coursebook. it definitely helps to make the lesson more interesting and different for  the students. Moreover it provides suitable material and extra practice for student. In addition, it gives a huge range of variety to our teaching.

To sum up, it is definitely showed that many supplementary materials and activities help teachers and give students extra practice in order to make them improve the way they learn.

Bibliography:

•  Mary Spratt, Alan Pulverness, Melanie Williams (2001) TKT Teaching Knowledge Test course Module 1,2 and 3