Language course books
Teacher’s dream – or methodological strait-jacket?
Jane Saldanha | |
Der Gebrauch von voll ausgebauten Lehrwerken im Sprachunterricht hat Vor- und Nachteile. Moderne Materialien bieten eine echte Hilfe für Lehrpersonen und Lernende, die alle Fertigkeiten abdecken und einem einigermassen logischen Aufbau der Sprache folgen wollen. Diese Kurspakete werden oft von erfahrenen Experten und Verlagen verantwortet und überspannen mehrere global standardisierte Sprachniveaus. | The course-book has become an almost indispensable part of any language course. Some people may consider it an insult to even question the importance of course-books. However, I take the position that there are two sides to every coin, and language course-books are no exception. The benefits of using course-books Time-saver and support for teachers. For most course-books there is a teachers’ book, containing detailed lesson plans, answers to the exercises, progress checks, useful suggestions and alternatives, as well as extra resources to complement material in the book. The teacher does not have to search high and low for a variety of activities: the modern course-book contains exercises using the four main skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening). This is particularly advantageous in the case of authentic tape recordings, which would be rather difficult to obtain otherwise. Support for autonomous study. The students’ book is ‘complete’: it contains a variety of exercises in reading, listening, writing, speaking and, above all, grammar. It usually has useful appendices with grammar explanations, an irregular-verbs chart, a phonemic chart as well as a complete list of all tape-scripts, thus enabling the student to study and revise at home. The student workbook follows the main course-book unit for unit, and is equipped with an answer key, likewise permitting the student to work on his own. |
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