Friday, July 6, 2018
The most important principle of material design for me is probably versatility.
The most important principle of material design for me is probably versatility. The learners I teach usually come to me because they want bespoke lessons to achieve their (sometimes, very!) specific learning goals. I don't have a lot of time to create materials so I keep my eye open for stimuli/activities that I could adapt for multiple objectives. I don't limit myself to obviously 'business-related' stimuli as I love the links you can make between other aspects of life (e.g. sport, music, art etc and business).
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Great post Ellie. If one piece of material can be tweaked and re-used again and again, it's great. I agree about not just having a business focus too - after all BE students are people after all.
ReplyDeleteEllie, what do you mean exactly by versatility? Do you mean stuff which you can use on different levels? Or do you mean materials which are easily "reconfigured"? I would love to know more :)
ReplyDeleteRoman Ociepa Hi - I meant both really - but at the moment, I primarily use materials that can be versatile in achieving different lesson objectives. So, in my one-to-one lessons I often like to give the learner a choice of what they learn from the resource I've assigned them - I teach Business English, so I might give them 2 options: Do they want to do a role play where they learn and practise phrases for giving advice on the issues raised in the article/video? or Do they want to look at subject-specific vocabulary in the article and practise applying the vocabulary in their own sentences, relating to their own experiences.
ReplyDeleteWhat I am not very confident at doing is making materials which are versatile in terms of learners' English levels. I would love to become better at that. I think the vocabkitchen website that was mentioned in the session this week could help me with that somewhat.