Materials evaluation
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Materials evaluation involves systematically appraising the potential value of materials for learners based on their objectives. There are two main purposes of materials evaluation - selecting coursebooks and determining effectiveness. Evaluation can occur before, during, or after use of materials. Pre-use evaluation makes predictions about value, in-use evaluates materials as they are being used, and post-use measures actual effects on learners. Evaluation methods include reviews, surveys, checklists, questionnaires, and scales.
Materials evaluation
- 1. Materials Evaluation Karen Villalba Ramos
- 2. What did you say? Let’s discover what you think.
- 5. What else?
- 7. Materials evaluation may be defined as a procedure or a systematic appraisal measuring the potential value(s) of materials on learners in relation to their objectives (Tomlinson 1998, 2003). In other words, materials evaluation means a principled process of providing useful information about the targeted materials in order to select and/or develop them in a reliable and valid approach.
- 8. Purposes of materials evaluation Mukundan (2004, 2009) argues that there are two purposes for evaluation; the first purpose is to select the coursebook and the other purpose is to determine the effectiveness of the coursebooks while they are used. However, Tomlinson and Masuhara (2004) indicate that the ultimate purpose of evaluation is for re- development of material. Identifying the potential strengths and weaknesses of the materials for selection and/or development purposes is useful.
- 9. Do you agree? Materials evaluation help us to identify the potential effectiveness of language theories which are embedded in the materials for different purposes. Discuss with your partners.
- 10. True or False?
- 11. When you were reading you found info about... Other types of evaluation??? Only evaluating published materials???
- 12. When you were reading you found info about... A few categories to evaluate??? Teacher-made materials guidelines???
- 13. Types of evaluation (Book)
- 14. Types of evaluation (Stages) Pre-Use Evaluation: It involves making predictions about the potential value of materials on people who use them (Tomlinson 1998, 2003). He indicates that this type of evaluation is often impressionistic, subjective and unreliable since a teacher scans a book quickly to gain an impression about its value. Whilst (In)-Use Evaluation: It measures the value of the materials whilst observing or using them. Mukundan (2009), for example, indicates that retrospective evaluation is the re-evaluation of materials while they are in-use to decide if the materials work
- 15. Types of evaluation (Stages) Post-Use Evaluation: It is the most important and valuable type of evaluation because it can measure the actual effects of the materials on the users and provide reliable information (Tomlinson 1998, 2003). Tomlinson maintains that it can measure short term effects such as motivation, impact achievability and instant learning.
- 16. Types of evaluation: Styles
- 18. Getting closer to evaluation ● Reviews ● Surveys ● Checklists ● Questionnaires ● Evaluation scales Which one is made by experts?
- 20. Checklists
- 22. Time to evaluate
- 23. References References Brown, H. D. (2001). Teaching by Principles: An Interactive Approach to Language Pedagogy. New York: Pearson Longman. Byrd, P. (2001). Textbooks: Evaluation for Selection and Analysis for implementation. In M. Celce-Murcia (Ed.), Teaching English as a second or foreign language (Third Edition) (pp. 415-427). Boston: Heinle & Heinle. Ellis, R. (1997). The empirical evaluation of language teaching materials. ELT Journal, 51(1), 36-42. Garinger, D. (2002). Textbook Selection for the ESL Classroom. Washington DC: Eric Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics. Retrieved from http://mcael.org/uploads/File/provider_library/Textbook_Eval_CAL.pdf
- 24. References Hutchinson, T. (1987). What’s Underneath? An Interactive View of Materials Evaluation. In Sheldon, L. (Ed.) (1987): ELT Textbooks and Materials: Problems in Evaluation and Development. (ELT Document 126). Oxford: Modern English Publications/The British Council. McDonough, Jo & Shaw, Christopher (1993): Materials & Methods in ELT. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. siLang Project (2013). Evaluation Methodologies for Language Learning. Retrieved from http://si-lang.inf.uth.gr/index.php?title=Evaluation_Methodologies_for_Language_Learning&oldid=459 Tomlinson, B. (Ed.) (1998): Materials Development in Language Teaching. Cambridge University Press.