Advantages for designing own material

RECURSOS Y MATERIALES EDUCATIVOS PARA LA ENSEÑANZA DEL INGLÉS


DESIGNING YOUR OWN MATERIAL

ADVANTAGES

Advantages described on the book:
1. Contextualization. Commercial materials andresources, particularly those produced for the world-wide EFL market are necessarily generic and not aimed at any specific group of learners or any particular cultural or educational context.


2.Individual Needs. Teacher designed materials can be responsive to the needs of students in any context

3. Personalization is another advantage of teacher-designed materials. It not only focuses onstudents' interests, but also takes account of the learning styles of students motivating and engaging them in the learning process.

Four more extra advantages:
4. Improve teacher skills. Designing ourown material not only make our classes more contextualized, but it also makes the teacher keep on being creative.

5. Variety. Since designing our own material means the contextualization of thismaterial and responding to the needs of our students, this process of making our own material could make us achieve a long variety of different materials.

6. Authenticity. Educational materialdesigned by a teacher will always be the only one of its kind.

7. Multitasking. We can design our own material in such a way that it can work or be useful for different purposes or topics.DISADVANTAGES

Disadvantages described on the book:


1. Physical organization and storage of materials. Without a clearly thought through and well-organized system, teacher-produced materials may bedifficult to locate for ongoing use, or may end up damaged or with parts missing.

2. Poor quality. At the surface level, teacher-made materials may "seem ragged and unprofessional next to thoseproduced by professionals."

3. Lack of clear instruction. About how to make effective use of the materials - particularly instructions designed for students.


Four more extra disadvantages:

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