Changing the way you learn

LTM and the very big picture

ELT materials 1950s - 1980s
1. Social events affect materials
  1. 1950s/60s
    1. Cold war
      1. Reflect in
        Scientific approach
        English pattern practice
  2. 1960s/70s
    1. Flower power
      1. Humanistic methodologies
        naturalistic approach, silent way, suggestopedia
    2. Do it yourself
  3. 1970s/80s
    1. Individuals' linguistics wants and needs
      1. Special purposes
      2. Person centered activity
      3. Learning to learn english
    2. "Me decade"
    3. Social moves
      1. communicative language teaching movement
      2. Democratisation of language
New imperatives on materials design
1. standardised view of language
2. McDonaldization
  1. Based in efficiency and total predictability
    1. Caged
    2. Two-page workplans, standarised into ostensible "50 minutes lesson"
      1. Units, modules, blocks, themes.
      2. Exercises routinized plans for classroom world, globally prescribe.
3. Neoliberalism
  1. Physical product or intangible service
  2. Successful
    1. Atomisation
      1. Specification of goods and services
  3. Monetisation
    1. Monetary values
      1. Language certification
        A1- A2 - B1 ...
Conclusion
1. produce materials with
  1. potential
    1. Create unique outcomes
Production of materials
1. Relatated
  1. Social and historical aspects
    1. Social phenomena
2. Cultural artifacts

LTM and the very big picture

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