Courses @ UNIRAZAK

The course critically introduces the theoretical orientations which underpin print and non-print language teaching materials designed for a range of contexts. It explores the processes of production and adaptation of materials. The circumstances in which materials design takes place and the criteria for the selection, creation and sequencing of texts and tasks are considered. There will be group and individual opportunities for evaluating, adapting and creating materials, and for discussing the process and products of these tasks. The aim is that participants should demonstrate a critical understanding of the key principles addressed during the course, and that these assessments should provide the foundations for materials evaluation, design and development in the participants' future professional lives. It will allow students to examine and critique of methods and materials for teaching English as a second language, focusing on principles of assessing student needs and choosing appropriate methods and materials, practice in developing and adapting materials in the context of specific methodologies.

• Discuss findings via online journal on theories /principles and techniques of material selection and design
• Explain the best language teaching materials appropriate for listening, speaking, reading and writing
• Prepare content-based instruction and materials for language teaching in a variety of ways
• Propose appropriate technology and computer-assisted learning materials in teaching and learning