EDC208
EDC208
Course: EDC208
Student’s name: Phorn Pisal
Student’s ID 65 24 02 42
Section C (28 of December, 2024)
(Questions for Comprehension)
Answers
11. How important is Material Design in teaching?
In the context of training students for corporate work life, material design not only
exposes students to various business scenario, but also helps teachers to develop
their professional skills.
Material design in language teaching is crucial for teachers to explore and learn new information,
which takes shape in the form of tasks. It exposes students to various business scenarios and helps
teachers develop their professional skills. Teaching materials play a central role in language
learning and teaching, and they are dependent on their users, both teachers and learners. When a
student teacher is assigned to design materials, contextual decisions must be made, raising
designers' reflection on what and how to teach. Material design should consider and harmonize
situated possibilities with learners' needs and wants.
Choosing and adapting materials represent a challenge for most new language teachers. Authentic
materials use unprepared teaching resources, while created materials refer to textbooks and other
developed instructional resources. Student-produced materials allow teachers to use students'
knowledge and personal background to produce learning materials for their classmates. When
viewing learners as materials, teachers can use methods to make learning enjoyable, such as
asking students to describe what someone else is wearing or dividing the class into pairs.
A course syllabus is a crucial document that serves multiple purposes, including providing
information to various audiences, evaluating the curriculum, and ensuring clear expectations
regarding course requirements. It includes course title, number, section, program and location,
meeting time and location, brief description of course, content, instructional format, modality,
communication with instructor, course goals, objectives, overview, disciplinary-related skills,
course competencies, grading and assessment requirements, grading scale, and grading scale
breakdown. It also lists all assignments, assessments, grading scale, and grading scale. The
syllabus also includes course materials, readings, and required materials or equipment. It also
outlines policies, such as attendance, timeliness, and etiquette in the classroom. It also includes
ground rules for communication, expectations regarding class participation, policies regarding
shared work, and university policies. The syllabus can set the tone for the course by being
learning or student-centered, focusing on what students will learn, expressing high expectations,
motivating curiosity, providing rationale for policies and requirements, creating an inclusive and
collaborative learning environment, and building trust between students and instructors.