Part of a full series of ppts on curriculum development available on EFL Classroom - https://community.eflclassroom.com/forum2/topics/elt-curriculum-development

1. Designing Language Courses
Adapting a Textbook – a “Teaching Art”

2. Dialogues
A: mA I hlp u?
B: Id lIk 2 mail DIS.
A: By airmail?
B: yS, by 1st claS.
A: letz c, it's 11 pounds so it'll b 24 dollars.
B: weL, it's a ltl t% XpNsiv.
A: wot's n it?
B: It's a buk.
A: thN I cn uz d buk R8. Itll onlE b 5 dollars.
B: thx a lot. I rly aPrec8 it.

4. Why Adapt the Textbook?
 The textbook is not real!
 The textbook is outdated.
 The textbook is boring!
 The textbook goes too fast!
 The textbook isn’t social or pragmatic!
 The textbook is culturally biased!
 The textbook is too hard / too easy!
The textbook is / isn’t
……..

5. A Teacher Can….
Add to the content or tasks
Modify the content or tasks
Re-sequence the order
Extend the material and tasks
Address omission
Change Activity/Unit/Syllabus

6. What to look for?

7. 9.1 – Pluses and Minues

8. Advantages / Disadvantages
Structure
Standards
Quality
Variety
Efficient
Models
Trains Teachers
Visuals
Portable
Inauthentic
Distortion
Don’t address
needs
Teachers get
lazy
Expensive
No
audio/visuals
Richards (2002)

9. A Framework

10. Questions to ask about the text?
 People?
 Topics?
 Language and Skills?
 Visual Material?
 Tasks and Activities?
 The Text ?

11. Other Factors….

12. You be the judge!
1. Let’s review a textbook together!
2. In pairs, review a textbook!

13. 9.6 Unit delivery
How would you sequence these
“activities”? Let’s Compare!

14. 9.2 a Analysis of East / West
Examples
Topics and Grammar
What would you add or drop?
Is the sequence logical to you?
Likes / dislikes about the book?

15. 9.2c Modern Impressions

16. 9.3a Organization East / West

17. 9.4 – 5 important considerations
1. Make more challenging?
2. Make more personal?
3. Make more “real”?
4. Make “wholistic” and skill based?
5. Make more independent / self study?

18. 9.5 Michael’s week of lessons

19. 9.7 – The Hidden Curriculum
Why do you think Mary
felt the material was
gender biased?
Agree?

20. 9.8 – Analyze a unit

21. Other Factors….

22. The Textbook is only a textbook!

23. Designing Language Courses
Designing an Assessment Plan