INTAKE RESPONSE ACTIVITIES

Devise activities which help the learners to articulate and develop their mental representations of the text.

Learning is facilitated by starting positively from what the learners do know and understand.

To encourage learners to process their representations of a text rather than the text itself and to encourage them to be relaxed and confident in their response to text.

DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

Devise activities which help the learners to use their representations of the text as a basis for language production activities.

Mental connections facilitate learning.

To help learners to express themselves in the target language intelligently and creatively.

INPUT RESPONSE ACTIVITIES

Devise activities which help the learners to go back to the text and to discover patterns and regularities of language use in the text.

A good time to analyze a text is just after and enjoyable multidimensional experience of it. Helping learners to make discoveries for themselves can be an effective way of promoting long-term learning.

To get the learners to develop their analytical skills and their ability to make discoveries about the use of the target language themselves.

TRAILLING

Try out the materials with a typical target class.

Matching materials to learner needs and wants is an ongoing process.

To find out how usable and motivating materials are.

EVALUATION

Use questionnaires, interviews and analysis of the learner’s work to find out what effect the materials had on the learners.

Giving learners a chance to evaluate their learning process can not only provide useful information but can also motivate and stimulate learners.

To show learners they are respected and to find out what effect the materials had on them.

REVISION

Produce and improved version of the materials.

Materials developers and teachers need constantly to improve their materials to achieve a closer match with learner needs and wants.

To match the needs and wants of the learners.