TPEC (2-4-1) Materials Design & Development
Here you can find information about the Materials Design & Development online course.
Below you can find information about Edmodo, download files related to the course, and check the weekly homework.
In the first week of the course, please join Edmodo: www.edmodo.com
It's a social network for teachers and students. We will use it for assignments, homework, and communication.
Edmodo will ask for a "Group Code" to join our online class.
Edmodo group code: y6ktmi
Edmodo group name: TPEC 2-4-1 Materials class (online)
Below you can find information about Edmodo, download files related to the course, and check the weekly homework.
In the first week of the course, please join Edmodo: www.edmodo.com
It's a social network for teachers and students. We will use it for assignments, homework, and communication.
Edmodo will ask for a "Group Code" to join our online class.
Edmodo group code: y6ktmi
Edmodo group name: TPEC 2-4-1 Materials class (online)
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Edmodo registration guide:
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Edmodo guide to submitting homework files:
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Weekly information & downloads
Check below for weekly info about the homework and downloads:
Week 1
Welcome! If you have any questions, please send me an email ([email protected]). You can look at these sections each week to check the homework and download the presentation files.
There are three pieces of homework set in Week 1 (see below A, B, C). This is due at the end of Week 2.
A. Questionnaire for students
Send me an email ([email protected]) with replies to these questions:
1. Why are you interested in learning and teaching English?
2. What other subjects (courses, degree, major, modules, etc.) have you studied?
3. Do you have any teaching experience? Give details. (students, level, age, location, etc.)
4. What do you hope to gain from this course?
You can also include some answers to this on the ihufs discussion board.
B. Reading homework
Weekly Reading due end of Week 2 - Readings with Guiding Questions
See Section 4 in the coursebook.
- Read Harmer’s Describing Learners
- Answer Guiding Questions (about learning styles and motivation)
- Submit a copy on the Edmodo website
C. Discussion Board homework
Add a new comment on the ihufs online discussion board. Include this info:
1. Introducing yourself!
Share some information from the ‘Questionnaire for students’ that you have completed!
2. Choose two of the different contrasting terms from the 2nd Week 1 video and write about how they are similar.
For example, you could write about procedural knowledge and fluency.
Contrasting terms:
- declarative vs. procedural knowledge
- explicit vs. implicit learning
- deductive vs. inductive teaching
- passive vs. active learning
- controlled vs. free practice
- accuracy vs. fluency
Here you can download the presentation files from the Week 1 videos:
Welcome! If you have any questions, please send me an email ([email protected]). You can look at these sections each week to check the homework and download the presentation files.
There are three pieces of homework set in Week 1 (see below A, B, C). This is due at the end of Week 2.
A. Questionnaire for students
Send me an email ([email protected]) with replies to these questions:
1. Why are you interested in learning and teaching English?
2. What other subjects (courses, degree, major, modules, etc.) have you studied?
3. Do you have any teaching experience? Give details. (students, level, age, location, etc.)
4. What do you hope to gain from this course?
You can also include some answers to this on the ihufs discussion board.
B. Reading homework
Weekly Reading due end of Week 2 - Readings with Guiding Questions
See Section 4 in the coursebook.
- Read Harmer’s Describing Learners
- Answer Guiding Questions (about learning styles and motivation)
- Submit a copy on the Edmodo website
C. Discussion Board homework
Add a new comment on the ihufs online discussion board. Include this info:
1. Introducing yourself!
Share some information from the ‘Questionnaire for students’ that you have completed!
2. Choose two of the different contrasting terms from the 2nd Week 1 video and write about how they are similar.
For example, you could write about procedural knowledge and fluency.
Contrasting terms:
- declarative vs. procedural knowledge
- explicit vs. implicit learning
- deductive vs. inductive teaching
- passive vs. active learning
- controlled vs. free practice
- accuracy vs. fluency
Here you can download the presentation files from the Week 1 videos:
| materials-wk1a_pdf.pdf |
| materials-wk1b_pdf.pdf |
Week 2
Homework 1 (due end of Week 3)
Weekly Reading due Week 3
- Read E-I-F Framework and Chapter 4 of Kurzweil & Scholl
- Answer the Guiding Questions about the EIF framework
- Submit a copy using Edmodo (you can find the guide above)
Homework 2 (due end of Week 3)
Post a new comment on the online discussion board using your answers from the Week 1 reading homework (Harmer's Describing Learners).
1. What learning style do you think you are?
2. Which learning style do you think would be most difficult to teach?
3. What are some things teachers can do to help motivate their students?
Here you can download the presentation files from the Week 2 videos:
Homework 1 (due end of Week 3)
Weekly Reading due Week 3
- Read E-I-F Framework and Chapter 4 of Kurzweil & Scholl
- Answer the Guiding Questions about the EIF framework
- Submit a copy using Edmodo (you can find the guide above)
Homework 2 (due end of Week 3)
Post a new comment on the online discussion board using your answers from the Week 1 reading homework (Harmer's Describing Learners).
1. What learning style do you think you are?
2. Which learning style do you think would be most difficult to teach?
3. What are some things teachers can do to help motivate their students?
Here you can download the presentation files from the Week 2 videos:
| materials-wk2a_pdf.pdf |
| materials-wk2b-pdf.pdf |
Week 3
Homework 1 (due end of Week 4)
Weekly Reading
- Read Tomlinson’s Introduction about the 16 features of good materials. Each is marked A1, A2, A3, etc. You can find a list of all 16 at the end of the reading text.
- Answer the Guiding Question by discussing three of the features mentioned in the text.
(NOTE: in the video I mention three questions, but it's actually one question with three parts!)
- Submit a copy using Edmodo.
Homework 2 (due end of Week 4)
Create a new post on the online discussion board.
Give two examples of materials that you have used in language learning or teaching. Discuss how they are related to the points in Tomlinson’s Introduction.
Remember: You should also reply to two other posts with comments and feedback.
Homework 1 (due end of Week 4)
Weekly Reading
- Read Tomlinson’s Introduction about the 16 features of good materials. Each is marked A1, A2, A3, etc. You can find a list of all 16 at the end of the reading text.
- Answer the Guiding Question by discussing three of the features mentioned in the text.
(NOTE: in the video I mention three questions, but it's actually one question with three parts!)
- Submit a copy using Edmodo.
Homework 2 (due end of Week 4)
Create a new post on the online discussion board.
Give two examples of materials that you have used in language learning or teaching. Discuss how they are related to the points in Tomlinson’s Introduction.
Remember: You should also reply to two other posts with comments and feedback.
| materials-wk3a_pdf.pdf |
| materials-wk3b-pdf.pdf |
Week 4
Homework (due end of Week 5)
Weekly Reading
- Read Grave’s Adapting Coursebooks
- Complete the questions at the beginning of the reading text
- Submit your answers
Homework (due end of Week 5)
Weekly Reading
- Read Grave’s Adapting Coursebooks
- Complete the questions at the beginning of the reading text
- Submit your answers
| materials-wk4_pdf.pdf |
Week 5
Homework 1 (due end of Week 6)
Weekly Reading
- Read Fadil’s Learning Objectives
- Complete the questions at the beginning of the reading text
- Submit your answers
Homework 2 (due end of Week 6)
Create a new post on the online discussion board.
Write about your objectives as a language learner or as a teacher. Be specific about your goals and what you want to achieve. Write about how you plan to achieve your objectives.
Remember: You should also reply to two other posts with comments and feedback.
Homework 1 (due end of Week 6)
Weekly Reading
- Read Fadil’s Learning Objectives
- Complete the questions at the beginning of the reading text
- Submit your answers
Homework 2 (due end of Week 6)
Create a new post on the online discussion board.
Write about your objectives as a language learner or as a teacher. Be specific about your goals and what you want to achieve. Write about how you plan to achieve your objectives.
Remember: You should also reply to two other posts with comments and feedback.
| materials-wk5_pdf.pdf |
Week 6
Due in Week 10: Mid-semester Project: Lesson Plan & Materials 1
Create a detailed lesson plan and create or adapt materials for a speaking lesson. The lesson plan should include an SLO and all the materials to be used in the lesson. Example lesson plans can be found in the coursebook.
First draft: Week 8 (you do not need to submit this)
Second draft: Week 9 (we will meet on campus to discuss this - please have it ready for feedback)
Final draft due: Week 10
Here is the blank template you can use to create your lesson plan and a file explaining the template:
Due in Week 10: Mid-semester Project: Lesson Plan & Materials 1
Create a detailed lesson plan and create or adapt materials for a speaking lesson. The lesson plan should include an SLO and all the materials to be used in the lesson. Example lesson plans can be found in the coursebook.
First draft: Week 8 (you do not need to submit this)
Second draft: Week 9 (we will meet on campus to discuss this - please have it ready for feedback)
Final draft due: Week 10
Here is the blank template you can use to create your lesson plan and a file explaining the template:
| blank-lessonplan-template.doc |
| eif-lessonplan-explanation.pdf |
Video presentation file from Week 6:
| materials-wk6_pdf.pdf |
Week 7
Due in Week 10: Mid-semester Project: Lesson Plan & Materials 1
Start planning your EIF lesson plan! See the files and info in Week 6. Also, watch the second Week 3 video with the monsters lesson to see how I structured an EIF lesson.
Here are steps to plan your lesson:
1. First, choose your target language. Remember, it should be useful and suitable for the level. Don't try to teach too many new words and expressions. See this document to get some ideas:
Due in Week 10: Mid-semester Project: Lesson Plan & Materials 1
Start planning your EIF lesson plan! See the files and info in Week 6. Also, watch the second Week 3 video with the monsters lesson to see how I structured an EIF lesson.
Here are steps to plan your lesson:
1. First, choose your target language. Remember, it should be useful and suitable for the level. Don't try to teach too many new words and expressions. See this document to get some ideas:
| tl_worksheet.pdf |
2. Create a fluency activity for the end of your lesson (for example a survey, information gap, interview, questionnaire, role play, etc.). The fluency activity should allow all the students to use the target language. You can now also create your SLO statement.
3. Now you can start developing your lesson with activities to scaffold students until the fluency activity. Remember to introduce the target language slowly, for example you can teach the vocabulary early in the lesson and then teach the full expressions later. Give lots of opportunities for practice before the fluency activity.
4. Create or find the materials for your lesson. Remember- you need to include all the materials, too!
Video presentation file from Week 7:
3. Now you can start developing your lesson with activities to scaffold students until the fluency activity. Remember to introduce the target language slowly, for example you can teach the vocabulary early in the lesson and then teach the full expressions later. Give lots of opportunities for practice before the fluency activity.
4. Create or find the materials for your lesson. Remember- you need to include all the materials, too!
Video presentation file from Week 7:
| materials-wk7_pdf.pdf |
Week 8
Due in Week 10: Mid-semester Project: Lesson Plan & Materials 1
Here are the full details about Lesson Plan & Materials 1:
1. Create a student learning objective (SLO) for a speaking lesson.
2. Create a lesson plan following the E-I-F framework using the given template (download the blank lesson plan template file from Week 6 above)
3. Label the stages in the lesson E-I-F
4. Include interaction for each step in the lesson (T-S, S, Ss-Ss, etc.)
5. Provide a purpose or a rationale for each step in the lesson
6. Select, adapt and/or supplement the necessary materials to be used in the lesson (you need to submit all the materials with your lesson)
7. Label your materials so that they match the steps in your lesson plan
Next week we will meet on campus to discuss your lesson plan. Please have it 50% completed and ready for feedback!
Video presentation file from Week 8:
Due in Week 10: Mid-semester Project: Lesson Plan & Materials 1
Here are the full details about Lesson Plan & Materials 1:
1. Create a student learning objective (SLO) for a speaking lesson.
2. Create a lesson plan following the E-I-F framework using the given template (download the blank lesson plan template file from Week 6 above)
3. Label the stages in the lesson E-I-F
4. Include interaction for each step in the lesson (T-S, S, Ss-Ss, etc.)
5. Provide a purpose or a rationale for each step in the lesson
6. Select, adapt and/or supplement the necessary materials to be used in the lesson (you need to submit all the materials with your lesson)
7. Label your materials so that they match the steps in your lesson plan
Next week we will meet on campus to discuss your lesson plan. Please have it 50% completed and ready for feedback!
Video presentation file from Week 8:
| materials-wk8_pdf.pdf |
Below are some student E-I-F lesson plans from previous semesters. I haven't included all of the files that I was sent, just the main lesson plan and PPT.
| ellie_eif-lessonplan.pdf |
| amy_e-i-f-lessonplan.pdf |
| jen_eif_lessonplan.pdf |
| seon-ok_eif_lesson_plan.pdf |
Week 9
This week we will meet on campus to discuss your lesson plan. Please have it 50% completed and ready for feedback!
Homework due Week 10
Weekly Reading
- Read Grellet’s Developing Reading Skills
- Complete the questions at the beginning of the reading text
- Submit your answers
This week we will meet on campus to discuss your lesson plan. Please have it 50% completed and ready for feedback!
Homework due Week 10
Weekly Reading
- Read Grellet’s Developing Reading Skills
- Complete the questions at the beginning of the reading text
- Submit your answers
Week 10
Homework due Week 11
Weekly Reading
- Read the P-D-P Framework material
- Complete the questions at the beginning of the reading text
- Submit your answers
Homework due Week 11
Weekly Reading
- Read the P-D-P Framework material
- Complete the questions at the beginning of the reading text
- Submit your answers
| materials-wk10_pdf.pdf |
Week 11
| pdp_faq.pdf |
| pdp-lessonplan-explanation.doc |
Week 12
| materials-wk12_pdf.pdf |
Week 13
Due in Week 16: End-semester Project: Lesson Plan & Materials 2
Here are the full details about Lesson Plan & Materials 2:
1. Create a student learning objective (SLO) for a reading or listening lesson.
2. Create a lesson plan following the P-D-P framework using the given template (use the same blank lesson plan template file from the E-I-F lesson)
3. Label the stages in the lesson P-D-P
4. Include interaction for each step in the lesson (T-S, S, Ss-Ss, etc.)
5. Provide a purpose or a rationale for each step in the lesson
6. Select, adapt and/or supplement the necessary materials to be used in the lesson (you need to submit all the materials with your lesson)
7. Label your materials so that they match the steps in your lesson plan
Here are the full details about Lesson Plan & Materials 2:
1. Create a student learning objective (SLO) for a reading or listening lesson.
2. Create a lesson plan following the P-D-P framework using the given template (use the same blank lesson plan template file from the E-I-F lesson)
3. Label the stages in the lesson P-D-P
4. Include interaction for each step in the lesson (T-S, S, Ss-Ss, etc.)
5. Provide a purpose or a rationale for each step in the lesson
6. Select, adapt and/or supplement the necessary materials to be used in the lesson (you need to submit all the materials with your lesson)
7. Label your materials so that they match the steps in your lesson plan
| materials-wk13_pdf.pdf |
| pdp_reading_sample_lesson.pdf |
Week 14
Homework due Week 15
Weekly Reading
- Read McDonough & Shaw's Evaluating ELT Materials
- Complete the questions at the beginning of the reading text
- Submit your answers
In Week 15, we will meet on campus to discuss your P-D-P lesson plan. Please have it 50% completed and ready for feedback!
Weekly Reading
- Read McDonough & Shaw's Evaluating ELT Materials
- Complete the questions at the beginning of the reading text
- Submit your answers
In Week 15, we will meet on campus to discuss your P-D-P lesson plan. Please have it 50% completed and ready for feedback!
| materials-wk14_pdf.pdf |
Week 15
This week we will meet on campus to discuss your PDP lesson plan. Please have it 50% completed and ready for feedback!
This week we will meet on campus to discuss your PDP lesson plan. Please have it 50% completed and ready for feedback!
PDP example lessons from previous students:
| pdp-lessonplan-shin_yong_ah.pdf |
| _ellie__pdp-lessonplan.pdf |
Week 16
| materials-wk16_pdf.pdf |