State of the Art in Materials
Development by Tomlinson
Conclusions
We are now much more aware of the principles
and procedures of Materials Development.
Teachers are critical of
their course books
The future of materials development: Materials will increasingly be
delivered electronically through computers and smartphones
Research in Materials Development
There is little research on
Materials Development
It requires considerable investments of time
and money in highly controlled environments.
There are many interesting projects on
materials development in India, Nambia,
Bulgaria, Romania and Congo
Issues in Materials Development
Coursebooks are used to save money and time
however coursebooks are not considered to be
sufficiently engaging or relevant for their actual users.
Authentic materials provide meaningful exposure to language and
it is produced in order to communicate rather than to teach
There are some topics that are very important in
materials development and in humanising materials
Materials exploitation
Huminise course and text books
The use of materials depend on the different
teacher's pedagogical needs and goals
Materials Production
Materials must be framed in the context learning and
local criteria specific to the target learning context
Materials Adapatation
It is very important that teachers
adapt the materials to the context
in which they are using.
It is necessary tha students have an active
participation in the adaptation process
Materials evaluation
There are many questions to evaluate materials, the
decision to implement some questions depend on the
evaluator's criteria and based on users of materials
Current trends
Nowadays, Materials Development focus on the
application of theory to practice and practice to theory
Materials are anything that
can be used to facilitate the
learning of a language.